Top of page

Film, Video How the States Got Their Shapes Too

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • How the States Got Their Shapes Too

Summary

  • Was Roger Williams too pure for the Puritans, and what does that have to do with Rhode Island? Why did Augustine Herman take 10 years to complete the map that established Delaware? How did Rocky Mountain rogues help create the state of Colorado? All this and more is explained in Mark Stein's new book.

Event Date

  • January 26, 2012

Notes

  • -  Mark Stein is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed off-Broadway and at theaters throughout the country. Stein has also taught writing and drama at American University and Catholic University. His previous book, "How the States Got Their Shapes," a New York Times best-seller, was the basis for The History Channel's documentary of the same name.

Running Time

  • 55 minutes 52 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

Format

Contributor

Dates

Language

Rights & Access

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present.  Rights assessment is your responsibility.  The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.  Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or complete.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit Line: Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

How the States Got Their Shapes Too. 2012. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-5447/.

APA citation style:

(2012) How the States Got Their Shapes Too. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-5447/.

MLA citation style:

How the States Got Their Shapes Too. 2012. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-5447/>.