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Lost States

Author : Michael J. Trinklein
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594747526

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This is American history they don’t teach you in class: Discover the “fascinating, funny” stories of the states that never were, from Texlahoma to West Florida (The New Yorker) Everyone knows the fifty nifty united states—but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying. Consider: Frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania in the Appalachian wilderness. His plan was resurrected a few years later with the new name of Kentucky. Residents of bucolic South Jersey wanted to secede from their urban north Jersey neighbors and form the fifty-first state. The Gold Rush territory of Nataqua could have made a fine state—but since no women were willing to live there, the settlers gave up and joined California. Each story offers a fascinating glimpse at the nation we might have become—along with plenty of absurd characters, bureaucratic red tape, and political gamesmanship. Accompanying these tales are beautifully rendered maps detailing the proposed state boundaries, plus images of real-life artifacts and ephemera. Welcome to the world of Lost States!

Lost States

Author : Michael J. Trinklein
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781594744105

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This is American history they don’t teach you in class: Discover the “fascinating, funny” stories of the states that never were, from Texlahoma to West Florida (The New Yorker) Everyone knows the fifty nifty united states—but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying. Consider: Frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania in the Appalachian wilderness. His plan was resurrected a few years later with the new name of Kentucky. Residents of bucolic South Jersey wanted to secede from their urban north Jersey neighbors and form the fifty-first state. The Gold Rush territory of Nataqua could have made a fine state—but since no women were willing to live there, the settlers gave up and joined California. Each story offers a fascinating glimpse at the nation we might have become—along with plenty of absurd characters, bureaucratic red tape, and political gamesmanship. Accompanying these tales are beautifully rendered maps detailing the proposed state boundaries, plus images of real-life artifacts and ephemera. Welcome to the world of Lost States!

Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy who Lost Their Lives During the World War, from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918

Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UOM:39015074829360

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Americans in Waiting

Author : Hiroshi Motomura
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199887438

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Although America is unquestionably a nation of immigrants, its immigration policies have inspired more questions than consensus on who should be admitted and what the path to citizenship should be. In Americans in Waiting, Hiroshi Motomura looks to a forgotten part of our past to show how, for over 150 years, immigration was assumed to be a transition to citizenship, with immigrants essentially being treated as future citizens--Americans in waiting. Challenging current conceptions, the author deftly uncovers how this view, once so central to law and policy, has all but vanished. Motomura explains how America could create a more unified society by recovering this lost history and by giving immigrants more, but at the same time asking more of them. A timely, panoramic chronicle of immigration and citizenship in the United States, Americans in Waiting offers new ideas and a fresh perspective on current debates.

Lost States

Author : Michael J. Trinklein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : United States
ISBN : 1306914949

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Everyone knows the fifty nifty united states--but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? "Lost States "is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying. Consider: - Frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania in the Appalachian wilderness (his plan was resurrected a few years later with the new name of Kentucky). - Residents of bucolic South Jersey wanted to secede from their urban north Jersey neighbors and form the fifty-first state. - The Gold Rush territory of Nataqua could have made a fine state--but since no women were willing to live there, the settlers gave up and joined California. Each story offers a fascinating glimpse at the nation we might have become--along with plenty of absurd characters, bureaucratic red tape, and political gamesmanship. Accompanying these tales are beautifully rendered maps detailing the proposed state boundaries, plus images of real-life artifacts and ephemera. Welcome to the world of "Lost States"!

The Lost Sun

Author : Tessa Gratton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-24
Category : Fate and fatalism
ISBN : 1518678068

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The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton Pdf

Seventeen-year-old Soren Bearskin fears both the past and the future. His father, a famed berserker warrior, went to prison after killing thirteen innocent people during a mindless battle-frenzy. Berserking is in Soren's blood, too: constant fevers and insomnia promise the power will explode in him any day. He's terrified of himself. When Baldur - Odin's son and the god of light - vanishes, Odin offers a boon to any who bring him news of his son. Soren sees his chance to change his fate: with that boon, he could ask Odin to strip berserking out of him forever. Along with Astrid Glyn, a teen prophet who's dreamed of Baldur's location, Soren takes off on a road trip across the United States of Asgard in search of the lost god and a new future.

The American State Reports

Author : Abraham Clark Freeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : PSU:000033915777

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Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book

Author : Jennifer Donnelly,Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781368002257

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Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly,Disney Book Group Pdf

Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast's castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. When she comes upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has seen in the castle, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a world of glamour and intrigue. The adventures Belle has always imagined, the dreams she was forced to give up when she became a prisoner, seem within reach again. The charming and mysterious characters Belle meets within the pages of Nevermore offer her glamorous conversation, a life of dazzling Parisian luxury, and even a reunion she never thought possible. Here Belle can have everything she ever wished for. But what about her friends in the Beast's castle? Can Belle trust her new companions inside the pages of Nevermore? Is Nevermore's world even real? Belle must uncover the truth about the book, before she loses herself in it forever.

Our Missing Hearts

Author : Celeste Ng
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735245358

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An instant national bestseller • A Reese's Book Club Pick • An instant New York Times bestseller • A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 • A Globe and Mail Best Book of 2022 • Named a Best Book of 2022 by People, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Oprah Daily, and more From the #1 bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere, comes the inspiring new novel about a mother’s unbreakable love. “It’s impossible not to be moved.” —Stephen King, The New York Times Book Review “Riveting, tender, and timely.” —People, Book of the Week “Thought-provoking, heart-wrenching…I was so invested in the future of this mother and son, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of this deeply suspenseful story!” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick) Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left without a trace when he was nine years old. He doesn’t know what happened to her—only that her books have been banned—and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter containing only a cryptic drawing, and soon he is pulled into a quest to find her. His journey will take him back to the many folktales she poured into his head as a child, through the ranks of an underground network of heroic librarians, and finally to New York City, where he will finally learn the truth about what happened to his mother, and what the future holds for them both. Our Missing Hearts is an old story made new, of the ways supposedly civilized communities can ignore the most searing injustice. It’s about the lessons and legacies we pass on to our children, and the power of art to create change.

Revised Statutes of the United States, Passed at the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-74; Embracing the Statutes of the United States, General and Permanent in Their Nature, in Force an the First Day of December, One Thoosand Eight Hundred and Seventy-three, as Revised and Consolidated by Commissioners Appointed Under an Act of Congress (etc.). Mit 2 Suppl.-Vol

Author : [Anonymus AC10343482]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1456 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z229303906

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Revised Statutes of the United States, Passed at the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, 1873-74; Embracing the Statutes of the United States, General and Permanent in Their Nature, in Force an the First Day of December, One Thoosand Eight Hundred and Seventy-three, as Revised and Consolidated by Commissioners Appointed Under an Act of Congress (etc.). Mit 2 Suppl.-Vol by [Anonymus AC10343482] Pdf

Annual Report of the New York State Board of Social Welfare and the New York State Department of Social Services

Author : New York (State). Department of Social Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : CORNELL:31924106209533

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Annual Report of the New York State Board of Social Welfare and the New York State Department of Social Services by New York (State). Department of Social Services Pdf