Book & podcast collection

The Men Who United the States: America’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

bySimon Winchester

The Men Who United the States examines america’s Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics, and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible, combining Simon Winchester's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant.

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Publication date

Sep 16, 2014

Format

Print edition

Pages

512

ISBN

9780062079619