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How we named our states
With "historical anecdotes, the authors trace the often logical sometimes odd reasons for the names of the states (and their capitals) ... In exploring the background of each name, a wide panorama of this country's early history passes before the reader."
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- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2153000#Topic/noms_geographiques
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2153000#Topic/united_states_history_local_juvenile_literature
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108181
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2153000#Place/united_states
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2153000#Topic/names_geographical_united_states_juvenile_literature
- http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1032409
- http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/2153000#Place/etats_unis
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- "Traces the reasons for the names of the states and their capitals."
- "With "historical anecdotes, the authors trace the often logical sometimes odd reasons for the names of the states (and their capitals) ... In exploring the background of each name, a wide panorama of this country's early history passes before the reader.""@en