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Measuring America
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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Measuring America
Narrated by:
Alan Sklar
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Publisher's Summary
How 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.
©2002 Andro Linklater (P)2003 Tantor Media, Inc.
What the critics say
"This expertly written and eminently enjoyable chronicle is highly recommended." (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)
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