Publisher Description
Using the same blend of narrative and rhetorical brilliance that made his critically acclaimed debut history so successful, Andro Linklater begins with premier U.S. surveyor Andrew Ellicott calculating the Pennsylvania-Virginia border in 1784- using telescope, chronograph, and astronomical tables. As pioneers move westward, Ellicott and his kind create property which hastens the formation of stabilizing government.
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“A fascinating look at a (to me) little-known Revolutionary War hero who spent most of his adult life as a spy for the Spanish Empire! Meticulously researched (almost too much so), it at various times had me rooting for others to expose/capture him and rooting for him to avoid prosecution.
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Don (4 out of 5 stars)
