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Author Linklater, Andro.

Title Measuring America : how an untamed wilderness shaped the United States and fulfilled the promise of democracy [Hoopla electronic resource] / Andro Linklater.

Edition Unabridged.
Publication Info. [United States] : Tantor Audio, 2003.
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2341632~S1
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Description 1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 26 min.)) : digital.
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Cast Read by Alan Sklar.
Summary "This expertly written and eminently enjoyable chronicle is highly recommended for history and history of science collections." -Library Journal"Make room on the library shelf for the never-before-told saga of the survey that converted the vast wilderness west of the Ohio River into a commodity marked out for government sale." -Booklist, Starred ReviewHow we ultimately gained the American Customary System-the last traditional system in the world-and how Gunter's chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast is both an exciting human and intellectual drama and one of the great untold stories in American history. Sagely argued and beautifully written, Measuring America offers readers nothing less than the opportunity to see America's history-and our democracy-in a brilliant new light.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject United States -- Geography.
United States -- Surveys -- History.
United States -- Territorial expansion.
National characteristics, American.
Public lands -- United States -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States.
Ohio River Valley -- Geography.
Ohio River Valley -- Surveys -- History.
Surveying -- United States -- History.
Surveyors -- United States -- History.
Added Author Sklar, Alan. Narrator.
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ISBN 9781400120901 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
140012090X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Music No. MWT10757158
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