How the States Got Their Shapes Stein Mark
How the States Got Their Shapes Stein Mark New York Times Bestseller "Give me the splendid irregularities any day. Did someone make a mistake?We are so familiar with the map of the United States that…
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How the States Got Their Shapes Stein Mark
New York Times Bestseller "Give me the splendid irregularities any day. Did someone make a mistake?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. God bless the panhandles and notches, the West Virginias and Oklahomas." -- Wall Street JournalWhy does Oklahoma have that panhandle?
How the States Got Their Shapes is the first book to tackle why our state lines are where they are. Even the oddities--the entire state of Maryland(!)--have become so ingrained that our map might as well be a giant jigsaw puzzle designed by Divine Providence. Here are the stories behind the stories, right down to the tiny northward jog at the eastern end of Tennessee and the teeny-tiny (and little known) parts of Delaware that are not attached to
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