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Washington
The Making of the American Capital
Author: Fergus M. Bordewich
Narrator: Richard Allen
Unabridged: 12 hr 41 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Published: 06/16/2008
Category: History
Synopsis
Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.—a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics of slavery, and a target of unbridled land speculation—our nation's capital?
"Bordewich tells a fascinating tale, and tells it well." ---Publishers Weekly