Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Map That Never Was

America’s fifty states seem fixed now, but as Michael Trinklein
points out, over the years there have been movements to create new states such as Shasta... Named after the volcano in Northern California, not the soft drink flavors. The never weres, what if and wanna-bes are the subject of his new book “Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States that Never Made It.”
Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now, 3/16/10. Host: Robin Young.

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