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Pocketful of History Four Hundred Years of America-One State Quarter at a Time

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ISBN-10: 0306817896

ISBN-13: 9780306817892

Edition: 2009 (Enlarged)

Authors: Jim Noles

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History is all around useven in the spare change jangling in your purse or pocket. For the past decade, the U.S. Mint has offered America a pocketful of history through its popular 50 State Quarters Program.A Pocketful of Historytells the story behind each state's quarter: how each state chose its design; what is important about the people, scenes, and themes depicted on the coins; and what the collection tells us about ourselves. It's an entertaining and enriching journey through four hundred years of Americain twenty-five-cent doses.This updated paperback edition will include the U.S. Mint's new quarters honoring Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and four other territories.
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 5/26/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Foreword by Congressman Mike Castle
Preface: A Quarter for my Thoughts
The Program
Delaware: Hail Caesar!
Pennsylvania: The Key to the Keystone
New Jersey: The First Commute
Georgia: Peachy Keen
Connecticut: An Oak Grows in Hartford
Massachusetts: Just a Minute
Maryland: The Oldest Line in the Book
South Carolina: Palmetto Proud
New Hampshire: Rock ... and Roll
Virginia: The Other Three Ships
New York: "A Mighty Woman with a Torch"
North Carolina: "Damned if they ain't flew!"
Rhode Island: Relying on Reliance
Vermont: Freedom, Unity, and Maple Syrup
Kentucky: A Quarter Horse? Hardly
Tennessee: "Here's a Quarter ..."
Ohio: The Illegal Astronaut
Louisiana: The Pelican Brief
Indiana: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Mississippi: Steel Magnolias
Illinois: Lincoln's Hat Trick
Alabama: The Other Helen Keller
Maine: The Maine Attractions
Missouri: Show Me (the Money)
Arkansas: Diamonds Are a State's Best Friend
Michigan: Great Lakes, Great Drama, ... and a So-So Quarter
Florida: The Costliest Quarter
Texas: Texas Ties One On
Iowa: An Education in Art
Wisconsin: Got Milk? Got Cheese? Got Corn?
California: California Dreaming
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes, 488 Million Quarters
Oregon: Hillman's Richest Find
Kansas: Buffalo Soldier in the Heart of America
West Virginia: A Bridge Too Far
Nevada: Horse Sense
Nebraska: A Rock by Any Other Name ...
Colorado: Secret(s) of the Mountains
North Dakota: Where the Buffalo (Still) Roam
South Dakota: "What Matter of Men They Were"
Montana: Where the Buffalo Roam (Again)
Washington: Profiles in Courage
Idaho: "And Here We Have Idaho ..."
Wyoming: All Things Being Equal ...
Utah: Utah Makes a Good Point
Oklahoma: Two for the Price of One
New Mexico: The Circle of Life
Arizona: The Grand Design
Alaska: Call of the Wild
Hawaii: All the King's Men
Washington D.C.: The Duke of the District
Puerto Rico: The Old Guard
Guam: Coin of the Chamorro
American Samoa: A Cup By Any Other Name ...
United States Virgin Islands: The First Emancipation Proclamation
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: New Quarter, Ancient Skills
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography and Recommended Reading
Index