Seizing Destiny
How America Grew from Sea to Shining Sea
by Richard Kluger
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appears in American History, History, and Nonfiction.
Within 91 years of its creation as a fragile republic without a working government (or even a plan for one), a professional army, or any money in its treasury, the United States amassed a transcontinental domain of 3.7 million square miles, making it the world?s fourth largest nation. No other country or sovereign power has ever grown so big so fas...
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appears in American History, History, and Nonfiction.
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