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How The States Got Their Shapes,New
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New York Times Bestseller'Give Me The Splendid Irregularities Any Day. God Bless The Panhandles And Notches, The West Virginias And Oklahomas.' Wall Street Journalwhy Does Oklahoma Have That Panhandle? 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. Even The Odditiesthe Entire State Of Maryland(!)Have Become So Ingrained That Our Map Might As Well Be A Giant Jigsaw Puzzle Designed By Divine Providence. How The States Got Their Shapes Is The First Book To Tackle Why Our State Lines Are Where They Are. Here Are The Stories Behind The Stories, Right Down To The Tiny Northward Jog At The Eastern End Of Tennessee And The Teenytiny (And Little Known) Parts Of Delaware That Are Not Attached To Delaware But To New Jersey.Packed With Fun Oddities And Trivia, This Entertaining Guide Also Reveals The Major Fault Lines Of American History, From Ideological Intrigues And Religious Intolerance To Major Territorial Acquisitions. Adding The Fresh Lens Of Local Geographic Disputes, Military Skirmishes, And Land Grabs, Mark Stein Shows How The Seemingly Haphazard Puzzle Pieces Of Our Nation Fit Together Perfectly.
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