The Handy State-by-State Answer Book

Résumé du livre

Red State. Blue State. Rust Belt. Sun Belt. East Coast. West Coast. A look at the state of the 50 states, from Hawaii to New York, and Alabama to Wyoming. An engaging look at each state’s history, capitals, flowers, birds, famous citizens and more!

How did colonies, territories, and land purchases shape the United States of America? What differences—and similarities—are there between the states? What does each state bring to the union? When did each enter the union? What is each state's history, culture, and current population, and what might the future hold for it?

From sea to shining sea, The Handy State-by-State Answer Book: Faces, Places, and Famous Dates for all Fifty States explores the history, growth, politics, people, and more of each of the 50 states. A convenient place to look for state facts and trivia, it offers an engaging overview of how a union of states became the U.S.A, the background and  history of each of its 50 states, the current state of each state, and answers to intriguing questions about the people, places, events, government, places of each state, such as: