TY  - BOOK
AU  - Linklater,Andro
TI  - The fabric of America: how our borders and boundaries shaped the country and forged our national identity 
SN  - 0802715338
U1  - 973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Walker & Co., Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - United States
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Public lands
KW  - History
KW  - American national characteristics
KW  - sears
KW  - Geography
KW  - Territorial expansion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-316) and index; Booklist; Kirkus Starred; Library Journal Starred; Adult; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Examines the influence of the U.S.'s geographical boundaries on the American identity and argues that that identity is defined by boundaries, not open spaces, telling the stories of pioneering surveyors such as Andrew Ellicott and others who shaped U.S. borders and discussing the Civil War and U.S. power overseas
ER  -