Simon Winchester, the 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.
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