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List of Maps and Illustrations |
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| Author's Note |
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| Preface: The Pure Physics of Union |
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Part I When America's Story Was Dominated By Wood, 1785-1805 |
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1 | (72) |
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3 | (3) |
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Drawing a Line in the Sand |
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6 | (11) |
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Peering through the Trees |
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17 | (7) |
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The Frontier and the Thesis |
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24 | (8) |
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The Wood Was Become Grass |
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32 | (9) |
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Encounters with the Sioux |
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41 | (8) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (10) |
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65 | (8) |
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Part II When America's Story Went Beneath The Earth, 1809-1901 |
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73 | (90) |
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The Lasting Benefit of Harmony |
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75 | (2) |
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The Science That Changed America |
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77 | (3) |
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Drawing the Colors of Rocks |
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80 | (3) |
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The Wellspring of Knowledge |
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83 | (5) |
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The Tapestry of Underneath |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (5) |
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96 | (8) |
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104 | (9) |
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The Singular First Adventure of Kapurats |
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113 | (16) |
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The Men Who Gave Us Yellowstone |
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129 | (10) |
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139 | (24) |
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Part III When The American Story Traveled By Water, 1803-1900 |
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163 | (76) |
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Journeys to the Fall Line |
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165 | (6) |
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The Streams beyond the Hills |
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171 | (9) |
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The Pivot and the Feather |
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180 | (8) |
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188 | (8) |
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The Wedded Waters of New York |
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196 | (18) |
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214 | (8) |
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222 | (17) |
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Part IV When The American Story Was Fanned By Fire, 1811-1956 |
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239 | (90) |
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241 | (7) |
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248 | (4) |
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The Annihilation of the In-Between |
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252 | (7) |
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The Immortal Legacy of Crazy Judah |
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259 | (21) |
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Colonel Eisenhower's Epiphanic Expedition |
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280 | (14) |
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294 | (18) |
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312 | (4) |
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316 | (13) |
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Part V When The American Story Was Told Through Metal, 1835-Tomorrow |
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329 | (100) |
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331 | (4) |
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The Man Who Tamed the Lightning |
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335 | (16) |
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The Signal Power of Human Speech |
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351 | (6) |
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With Power for One and All |
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357 | (18) |
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Lighting the Corn, Powering the Prairie |
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375 | (10) |
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385 | (11) |
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396 | (10) |
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Television: The Irresistible Force |
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406 | (11) |
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The All of Some Knowledge |
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417 | (12) |
| Epilogue |
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429 | (6) |
| Acknowledgments |
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435 | (6) |
| Bibliography |
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441 | (10) |
| Index |
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