03164cam a2200349 4500 599122742 TxAuBib 20220602120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062080257 0062080253 e77437f8-1019-4bd1-a610-47ac2a85e562 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1417907 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Winchester, Simon. The Men Who United the States [Libby Audiobook] : America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible. HarperAudio, 2013. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 373MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 373MB. United States. HTML:<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. The New York Times Best Seller List. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-31 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0293-1/1417907-TheMenWhoUnitedTheStates.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/1417907-TheMenWhoUnitedTheStates.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E77437F8-1019-4BD1-A610-47AC2A85E562&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0293-1/1417907-TheMenWhoUnitedTheStates.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/1417907-TheMenWhoUnitedTheStates.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=E77437F8-1019-4BD1-A610-47AC2A85E562&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)