American Capitols: An Encyclopedia of the State, National and Territorial Capital Edifices of the United States (Hardcover)

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Hauck provides detailed historical profiles of the capitol buildings of the 50 U.S. states and the federal government in Washington, D.C., plus those for American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The profiles, which average four to six pages and are arranged alphabetically, include an enormous amount of fascinating minutiae. The reader learns, for instance, that Maryland's first official statehouse "was a frame clapboard building of one story with a finished loft. It had a half addition on the rear, was 40 feet wide by 68 feet long. Its construction cost 250,000 pounds of tobacco." American Capitols is up to date, authoritative, and recommended.
- Kenneth F. Kister, Tampa, Fla.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"the kind of book the librarian is delighted to have" -- Booklist/RBB

"up-to-date, authoritative, and recommended" -- Library Journal

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899505511
• ISBN-13: 978-0899505510
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,641,386 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Should Have Been Better, January 6, 2006

By	Shannon Deason "SchylarRex" (Houston) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: American Capitols: An Encyclopedia of the State, National and Territorial Capital Edifices of the United States (Paperback)

This book was a bit of a disappointment, the text is informative, but the poor black and white images are really quite awful, and not every state capitol comes with an image, which is very odd in a book of this kind..the book feels like a ph.d disertation that was bound into a book, the physical book is quite second rate in quality, though the text is scholarly..could have, should have been better...seriously over priced.