Lost States

Many of us know the fifty winning states in the US-but what about the hundreds of other statehood proposals that never worked out? Lost States is a tribute to great unrealised states like West Florida, Forgotonia, Texlahoma,and Chicago (yes, Chicago wanted to be its own state). Fans of U.S. history will be entertained and enlightened by these bizarre-but-true stories. You'll learn why frontier legend Daniel Boone once proposed a state of Transylvania on theborders of Indiana and Illinois (his plan was resurrected a few years later with the all-new name of Kentucky). You'll learn why bucolic South Jersey residents wanted to secede from their filthy, congested north Jersey neighbours and formtheir own government. You'll even discover the great state of Lost Dakota (it's not anywhere near North Dakota or South Dakota). Accompanying these stories are dozens of beautiful full-colour original maps. Lost States is a quirky reference book for U.S. history buffs, geography geeks and anyone who loves beautiful maps.