How the States Got Their Shapes

by Mark Stein

Overview

Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. His films include Housesitter, with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has taught at American University and Catholic University.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061431395
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/07/2009
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	51,154
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. His films include Housesitter, with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn. He has taught writing and drama at American University and Catholic University and lives in Washington, D.C.

What People are Saying About This

Andro Linklater

“For anyone who’s been confounded by the largest of all jigsaw puzzles, the one that carved out those fifty weirdly formed states, here is the solution. It’s history, it’s geography, it’s comedy, it’s indispensable.”

Editorial Reviews

A fascinating and wonderfully entertaining account of an often-overlooked oddity of America’s history: how the jigsaw-puzzle layout of the United States emerged. I never thought a book on geography could be funny, but Mark Stein has pulled it off.

Vogue

For anyone who’s been confounded by the largest of all jigsaw puzzles, the one that carved out those fifty weirdly formed states, here is the solution. It’s history, it’s geography, it’s comedy, it’s indispensable.

ANDRO LINKLATER

Give me the splendid irregularities any day. God bless the panhandles and notches, the West Virginias and Oklahomas.

Wall Street Journal

"For anyone who’s been confounded by the largest of all jigsaw puzzles, the one that carved out those fifty weirdly formed states, here is the solution. It’s history, it’s geography, it’s comedy, it’s indispensable."

Andro Linklater