LOST STATES
True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It
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Great maps and accurate but tongue-in-cheek essays bring readers the stories of 74 statehood proposals that never worked out.
Examples? Separatists wanting to leave existing states: South Jersey, West Florida. Hypothetical states instead of existing states: Transylvania instead of Kentucky and Lincoln instead of Idaho. States for religions: Deseret and Hazard. States for Native Americans: Comancheria and Sequoyah. States from foreign countries: Guyana and Iceland. How about Nickajack, a state for Southerners seceding from the Confederate secession?
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Copyright | 2010 |
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Size | 10" x 8" |
Publisher | Quirk |
Pages | 157 |
Grade | 5 and up |
ISBN | 9781594744105 |