{"product_id":"men-who-united-the-states-americas-explorers-inventors-eccentrics-and-mavericks-and-the-creation-of-one-nation-indivisible-1","title":"Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMen Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon Winchester\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780062079602\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHarper\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e496\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Winchester, the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Professor and the Madman\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, \u003cem\u003eThe Men Who United the States\u003c\/em\u003e is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible | Simon Winchester | Hardcover | 9780062079602 | Used: Good | Back Stacks E 1743548","offer_id":48199116095640,"sku":"1743548","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/A1-hMn4WyYL.jpg?v=1772546509","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/men-who-united-the-states-americas-explorers-inventors-eccentrics-and-mavericks-and-the-creation-of-one-nation-indivisible-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}