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Missouri: Crossroads of the Nation

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Missouri: Crossroads of the Nation is an enticing look at the development and evolution of the state from its humble beginning to its still unfolding future, highlighted with more than 400 vintage photos, maps, and illustrations. Authors Charles Phillips and Betty Burnett chronicle, with lively, stirring prose: the emergence of the major railroads, farming, circuses, fairs and a unique state spirit; the important role Missouri played in the abolishment of slavery; the evolution of Missouri as a manufacturing, merchandising, trade and culture center, outstripped only by New York at the end of the Civil War. Meet the historical figures that make Missouri what it is today?Meriwether Lewis, George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Mark Twain, Dred Scott, James R. Wilkinson, Joseph Pulitzer, Scott Joplin, Thomas Hart Benton and more

Language: English

Pages: 263

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: American Historical Press

Release: October 15, 2003

ISBN: 1892724367

ISBN 13: 9781892724366

Missouri: Crossroads of the Nation

0/5 ( ratings)

Missouri: Crossroads of the Nation is an enticing look at the development and evolution of the state from its humble beginning to its still unfolding future, highlighted with more than 400 vintage photos, maps, and illustrations. Authors Charles Phillips and Betty Burnett chronicle, with lively, stirring prose: the emergence of the major railroads, farming, circuses, fairs and a unique state spirit; the important role Missouri played in the abolishment of slavery; the evolution of Missouri as a manufacturing, merchandising, trade and culture center, outstripped only by New York at the end of the Civil War. Meet the historical figures that make Missouri what it is today?Meriwether Lewis, George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Mark Twain, Dred Scott, James R. Wilkinson, Joseph Pulitzer, Scott Joplin, Thomas Hart Benton and more

Language: English

Pages: 263

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: American Historical Press

Release: October 15, 2003

ISBN: 1892724367

ISBN 13: 9781892724366

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