Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Men who Found America
Author: Frederick Winthrop Hutchinson
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The Men Who United the States
Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006207962X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom Brokaw Simon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States. Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006207962X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom Brokaw Simon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings. How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States. Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.
The Gem-hunters
Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
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Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diamonds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
The Boys' Book of the World War
Author: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Who's who in Literature
Author: Mark Meredith
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Contains list of "Fictitious and pseudonymous names."
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Contains list of "Fictitious and pseudonymous names."
New Jersey Library Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Annual Report of the Boy Scouts of America
Author: Boy Scouts of America
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Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 1676
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Boy Scouts
Languages : en
Pages : 1676
Book Description
Reading List for Junior High Schools
Author: California. Department of Education
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Boys' Life
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.