Ecenbarger, Bill
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This unique history/travelogue examines the influence of this great divider which remains the most powerful symbol separating Yankee from Rebel.
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boundaries between states and nations have been determined by land features, such as rivers and mountains. But the Mason-Dixon Line does not follow anything palpable; it runs along uneven latitudes and longitudes, and at no point does it touch any prominent landmark. Except for its stone markers, it is invisible -- an arbitrary and man-made demarcation, direct and true, but without dimension.
Ecenbarger calls it "simultaneously, a product of reason and a national landmark."
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