Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and

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Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It
- Hardcover
- 160 pages
Everyone knows the fifty nifty united statesâ€”but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never came to pass? Lost States is a tribute to such great unrealized dreams as West Florida, Texlahoma, Montezuma, Rough and Ready, and Yazoo. Some of these states came remarkably close to joining the Union. Others never had a chance. Many are still trying. Consider:
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Â Â Â Â â€¢Â Frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania in the Appalachian
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â wilderness (his plan was resurrected a few years later with the new name of Kentucky).
Â Â Â Â â€¢Â Residents of bucolic South Jersey wanted to secede from their urban north Jersey
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â neighbors and form the fifty-first state.
Â Â Â Â â€¢Â The Gold Rush territory of Nataqua could have made a fine stateâ€”but since no women
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â were willing to live there, the settlers gave up and joined California.
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Each story offers a fascinating glimpse at the nation we might have becomeâ€”along with plenty of absurd characters, bureaucratic red tape, and political gamesmanship. Accompanying these tales are beautifully rendered maps detailing the proposed state boundaries, plus images of real-life artifacts and ephemera. Welcome to the world of Lost States!

Country	USA
Author	Michael J. Trinklein
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	VRAND
EAN	9781594744105
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1594744106
Label	Quirk Books
Manufacturer	Quirk Books
MPN	BLOST
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	160
PartNumber	BLOST
PublicationDate	2010-02-01
Publisher	Quirk Books
ReleaseDate	2010-02-01
Studio	Quirk Books

Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It

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