The men who united the States : America's explorers, inventors, eccentrics, and mavericks, and the creation of one nation, indivisible
by Winchester, Simon (Author)
Summary
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Full description
Summary: |
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Winchester illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings and ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. |
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Item Description: |
Maps on endpapers. |
Physical Description: |
xxv, 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-449) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780062079602 (hardcover) : 0062079603 (hardcover) |
Author Notes: |
He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography) |