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9780062282811 - Simon Winchester: The Men Who United the States
Simon Winchester

The Men Who United the States

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ISBN: 9780062282811 bzw. 0062282816, in Deutsch, Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, neu, Hörbuch.

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America s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the, Simon Winchester sets out to chart exactly how our disparate union of states came together as the American nation that exists today. The acclaimed author treks long stretches of the country, from Pittsburgh to Portland; Rochester to San Francisco; Truckee to Laramie; and Seattle to Anchorage - The Men Who United the States follows the pioneering Americans who, throughout its history, have toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizens and geography of the U.S.A. Winchester's always driving, accessible storytelling returns with full force as he follows in the footsteps of America's most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators. From Lewis and Clark - who charted the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase - to the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph, up through Thomas "The Chief" Macdonald - the undisputed father of the Interstate Highway System - Winchester constructs a vast, cohesive history of some of the biggest unifying achievements in our nation's history. Interspersed with his own journeys down the roads these great men walked, Winchester reflects thoughtfully on the central question of whether the historic work of Uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Some of the men are familiar; some forgotten; some hardly known at all. But all of them played fascinating roles in the practical creation, quite literally, of what are today's United States of America. And importantly, they each made pioneering expeditions through the most ruggedly beautiful corners of the country. The Men Who United the States is a novel look at the thoroughly under-scrutinized way in which the most powerful nation on earth first came together, united as a whole.
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9780062282811 - Simon Winchester, Reader: Simon Winchester: Men Who United the States Unabridged CD, The
Simon Winchester, Reader: Simon Winchester

Men Who United the States Unabridged CD, The (2013)

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ISBN: 9780062282811 bzw. 0062282816, in Englisch, 12 Seiten, HarperAu, gebraucht, Hörbuch.

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Simon Winchester, the 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., Audio CD, Ausgabe: Unabridged, Format: Audiobook, Label: HarperAu, HarperAu, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2013-10-15, Freigegeben: 2013-10-15, Studio: HarperAu, Verkaufsrang: 1090224.
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