Title |
Drawing the line : : how Mason and Dixon surveyed the most famous border in America
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Names |
Danson, Edwin.
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Book Number |
BR014317
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Braille
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Download Link |
Volume 1.
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Volume 2.
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Annotation |
Surveyor-historian Danson recreates the lives and times of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. He appraises the accomplishments of the two British surveyors who endured the hardships of the North American wilderness between 1763 and 1767 to settle an eighty-year-old boundary dispute between the Penns of Pennsylvania and the Calverts of Maryland. 2001.
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Local Subject |
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History - HST
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Geography - GOG
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Adult Book - AD
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Short Book - SH
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History - U.S., frontier history - HUSF
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History, United States - HUS
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History, U.S. - 18th Century - HUE
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Braille Book Review, Nov-Dec 2003 - B603
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Audience Notes |
A
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LC Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania
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Frontier and pioneer life - Maryland
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Surveying - Pennsylvania - History - 18th century
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Surveying - Maryland - History - 18th century
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Mason-Dixon Line - History
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Pennsylvania - Boundaries - Maryland - History
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Maryland - Boundaries - Pennsylvania - History
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Call Number |
974.8802 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2001
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2001 (Braille International, Inc., transcribing agency. Braille International, Inc., distributor.)
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Original Publication |
Transcription of: New York : John Wiley, c2001.
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