Name: The men who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of one Nation, Indivisible
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Author: Simon Winchester
ISBN: 9780062079619

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The men who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of one Nation, Indivisible

Type

Physical Book

Author

Simon Winchester

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

463

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm

Weight

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9780062079619

Synopsis "The men who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of one Nation, Indivisible "

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.

Simon Winchester

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Simon Winchester. The biography of this popular British writer, journalist, and broadcaster is filled with anecdotes: in 1977, The Guardian appointed him as a foreign correspondent in New Delhi, and he drove there from Oxford. While covering the Falklands occupation for The Sunday Times in 1982, he was kidnapped. He has dedicated his life to writing informative books, among which The Professor and the Madman stands out. For his services to journalism and literature, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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