thank you. when i wrote how the states got their shapes too, i was doing with why the lines where they are. and in doing that i encountered stories of people who were involved in the why, but the book was unable to contain those stories. and so this book is a collection of the people who i encountered and subsequently looked into, that created the lines. but both books are really seeking to answer one question here, which is how did we get from this to this. and in this second book, some of the chapters deal with people who, not with these particular lines but try to put more of these lines on the map but failed. or people who have tried in some cases are currently trying to change some of those lines. if you all got a handout it should look very much like this. these are the names of the people that i looked into. a number of them will be talking about tonight but i want you all to the copy so that later when we do questions, they can help for my question or help others
book the book was not able to contain those stories and so, in this book as a collection of people i encountered and subsequently created the lines. but both books are seeking to answer one question which is to this and in this second book, some of the chapters deal with people who not with these particular lines but try to put more of these on the map but failed or people who have tried in some cases are currently trolleying to change some of those lines. if you all got a handout should look like this these are the names of the people that i ve looked into. a number of them i will be talking about tonight but i wanted you have a copy so leader when we do questions it can help formulate questions or help others follow what you re talking about. what intrigued me about all these people was that none of them come into effect as far as i know, no person ever said when i grow by one to establish a state line. [laughter] but, what i found is that all these people have a quest, the