The Grand Idea George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West
by Achenbach, Joel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2004). First Edition. First printing Fine in 1/4 black and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 367 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and a section of black and white reproductions of contemporary works of art. Washington saw the Potomac as the answer to creating less expensive canal transportation to the Ohio River area and also as the means to assure that western states stayed allied with the Union.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB25674
- Title
- The Grand Idea George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West
- Author
- Achenbach, Joel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (2004)
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....