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Andro Linklater

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Andro Linklater

Born

in Edinburgh, Scotland

December 10, 1944

Died

November 03, 2013

Genre

History, Biography

Combine Editions
Andro Linklater’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 1,297 ratings · 266 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy 3.87 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2002 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land Ownership 4.06 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson 3.77 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity 3.71 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Spencer Perceval Had to Die: The Assassination of a British Prime Minister 3.58 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Code of Love: An Astonishing True Tale of Secrets, Love, and War 3.71 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2000 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amazing Maisie and the Cold Porridge Brigade by Andro Linklater, Joanna Carey (Illustrator) 4.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1978 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wild People: Travels with Borneo's Head-Hunters 3.74 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compton Mackenzie: A Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An unhusbanded life: Charlotte Despard : suffragette, socialist, and Sinn Feiner 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Below the roads run the surveyors' lines which squared off the wilderness, and not only made it ready for sale but constructed a shape for county and state government.”
― Andro Linklater, Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

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“And that survey is the one we all go back to. When you find one of their original corners, it is like a handshake with the past.”
― Andro Linklater, Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy

tags: surveying

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