The Fabric of America
How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity
Linklater, Andro
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
An evocative and highly original narrative that redefines Americas character and identity.With the same mix of compelling narrative history and captivating historical argument that made his previous book, Measuring America, such a success, Andro Linklater relates in fascinating detail how the borders and boundaries that formed states and a nation inspired the sense of identity that has ever since been central to the American experiment. Challenging Frederick Jackson Turners famed frontier thesis, he argues that we are defined not by open spaces but by boundaries. Linklater weaves his provocative arguments into a dramatic story line, wherein the actions of Andrew Ellicott, Americas greatest surveyor; Thomas Jefferson; the treasonous general James Wilkinson; Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas; and numerous hitherto invisible settlers all illuminate the shaping of the nation. This brilliant book will alter forever readers perception of America and what it means to be an American.
AUTHOR BIO
Andro Linklater is the author of Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy as well as the Code of Love and several other books. He lives in England.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0802716725
ISBN(13-digit): 9780802716729
Dewey Decimal: 973
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 328
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