Historians have dismissed the ten years it took to ready the new capital as nothing more than man's inability to tame a a swamp. In a brilliant narrative Bob Arnebeck shows how with slave axe-men, lawyers' writs, and speculators' greed a hilly, well wooded paradise was turned into a land of stumps ruts, shacks, and isolated mansions. The stories of the slaves and workers are a last told.
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Historians have dismissed the ten years it took to ready the new capital as nothing more than man's inability to tame a a swamp. In a brilliant narrative Bob Arnebeck shows how with slave axe-men, lawyers' writs, and speculators' greed a hilly, well wooded paradise was turned into a land of stumps ruts, shacks, and isolated mansions. The stories of the slaves and workers are a last told.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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