How the states got their shapes
We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. But every edge of the familiar wooden jigsaw pieces of our childhood represents a revealing moment of history and of, well, humans drawing lines in the sand. This is the...
Main Author: | Stein, Mark, 1951- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Smithsonian Books/Collins,
2008.
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