Joel Achenbach

Grand Idea

George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Achenbach captures a Washington rarely seen: rugged frontiersman, real estate speculator, shrewd businessman. The general tangles with squatters; gathers data on trails, portages, falls, and rapids; and imagines a future Empire of Liberty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780743263009
• ISBN-10: 0743263006
• Artikelnr.: 21024544

Autorenporträt

Joel Achenbach is a reporter for The Washington Post, and the author of six previous books, including The Grand Idea, Captured by Aliens and Why Things Are. He started the Washington Post's first blog, Achenblog, and has worked on the newspaper's national Style magazine and Outlook staffs. He regularly contributes science articles to National Geographic. A native of Gainesville, Florida and a 1982 graduate of Princeton University, he lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and three children.