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Bockenhauer, Mark H.

Our fifty states / by Mark H. Bockenhauer and Stephen F. Cunha ; foreword by former President Jimmy Carter.

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, ©2004.

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 28 cm

Presents maps that introduce each region of the United States along with essays which describe the area's history, climate, natural resources, and physical features as well as additional information on each state of that region.

U.S. states.

United States -- Geography.

United States -- History, Local.

Cunha, Stephen F.

Includes bibliographical references (page 235) and index.

Map of our fifty United States -- Washington, D.C. -- The northeast -- Ancient wilderness meets modern megalopolis -- Connecticut -- Delaware -- Maine -- Maryland -- Massachusetts -- New Hampshire -- New Jersey -- New York -- Pennsylvania -- Rhode Island -- Vermont -- The southeast -- Tradition and change between two coasts -- Alabama -- Arkansas -- Florida -- Georgia -- Kentucky -- Louisiana -- Mississippi -- North Carolina -- South Carolina -- Tennessee -- Virginia -- West Virginia -- The Midwest -- Land of plenty under the prairie sky -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Missouri -- Nebraska -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- South Dakota -- Wisconsin -- The southwest -- Enchanted places and multicultural faces -- Arizona -- New Mexico -- Oklahoma -- Texas -- The west -- A restless and enduring frontier -- Alaska -- California -- Colorado -- Hawaii -- Idaho -- Montana -- Nevada -- Oregon -- Utah -- Washington -- Wyoming -- U.S. territories.

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