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Washington

by Fergus M. Bordewich
Richard Allen
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Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.-a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics of slavery, and a target of unbridled land speculation-our nation's capital?
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781400127443
  • File size: 368496 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2008
  • Duration: 12:47:41

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  • ISBN: 9781400127443
  • File size: 369207 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2008
  • Duration: 12:47:41
  • Number of parts: 13
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History Nonfiction

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Washington, D.C., is home to the most influential power brokers in the world. But how did we come to call D.C.-a place one contemporary observer called a mere swamp "producing nothing except myriads of toads and frogs (of enormous size)," a district that was strategically indefensible, captive to the politics of slavery, and a target of unbridled land speculation-our nation's capital?
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History Nonfiction
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