{"product_id":"inventing-idaho-9780874224184","title":"Inventing Idaho","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Idaho’s State Historian, the question Keith Petersen heard most was, \"\"How did Idaho get such a strange shape?\"\" That curiosity is fitting, because those peculiar borders have held enormous influence on much of Idaho’s political, economic, and cultural history, and prompted repeated efforts to connect the north and south.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book documents in colorful detail people and events that shape important state boundaries in the West, offers a major contribution to public awareness of Idaho history, and documents previously unknown or forgotten issues and sources in Idaho history. Lively and breezy, it's very well written.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Kevin Marsh, professor of history at Idaho State University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Student Special\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Rectangles on the Land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: 1819: The Southern Border: Nevada and Utah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: Franklin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: 1846: The Northern Border: Canada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: 1859: The Southwestern Border: Oregon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: Greater Idaho\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: 1863: The Northwestern Border: Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: Survey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: 1864: The Northeastern Border: Montana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: Big Hole\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: 1868: The Southeastern Border: Wyoming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorder Story: Lawless\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Connections\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Walking Idaho's Borders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49973361049943,"sku":"9780874224184","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874224184.jpg?v=1739268973","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventing-idaho-9780874224184","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}