The Men Who United the States, Simon Winchester
The Men Who United the States, Simon Winchester
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The Men Who United the States
America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

Author: Simon Winchester

Narrator: Simon Winchester

Unabridged: 13 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/15/2013


Synopsis

“Simon Winchester never disappoints, and The Men Who United the States is a lively and surprising account of how this sprawling piece of geography became a nation. This is America from the ground up. Inspiring and engaging.” —Tom BrokawSimon Winchester, acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Atlantic and The Professor and the Madman, delivers his first book about America: a fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect, and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings.How did America become “one nation, indivisible”? What unified a growing number of disparate states into the modern country we recognize today? To answer these questions, Winchester follows in the footsteps of America’s most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators, such as Lewis and Clark and the leaders of the Great Surveys; the builders of the first transcontinental telegraph and the powerful civil engineer behind the Interstate Highway System. He treks vast swaths of territory, from Pittsburgh to Portland, Rochester to San Francisco, Seattle to Anchorage, introducing the fascinating people who played a pivotal role in creating today’s United States.Throughout, he ponders whether the historic work of uniting the States has succeeded, and to what degree. Featuring 32 illustrations throughout the text, The Men Who United the States is a fresh look at the way in which the most powerful nation on earth came together.

About Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on December 08, 2022

An enjoyable book which describes the contributions made by men of "true grit" who, from the Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark to the creation of the World Wide Web, made America the great nation that it is. The author wove a story of his personal experiences on research for this book with es......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 29, 2024

This was my ninth Simon Winchester book, one that I’d place somewhere in the lower middle. Not as engaging as “The Perfectionists” and “The Pacific” but more enjoyable than “The Map That Changed the World”. Winchester is characteristically droll and avuncular here—when you read him, one is always tr......more

Goodreads review by Mag on January 31, 2014

Winchester is engaging here as usual, but this is a somewhat uneven book. Unforgettable anecdotes and descriptions that effortlessly flow into one another mingle with the ones that are less interesting and choppier. For whatever reason the whole structure doesn't gel that well, and it may be due to......more

Goodreads review by Craig on October 19, 2013

Oh boy, a generally interesting book filled with several reminders of that which made America exceptional. Unfortunately the author's understanding of the roles played by the several participants involved in each step of American progress seems overly influenced by the desperately poorly researched......more