We all know the 50 states, but how much do you know about the hundreds of statehood proposals that never came to pass? These fascinating maps of states that might have been are from Michael J. Trinklein's Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made It.
-Country Magazine
Fascinating, funny book.
-The New Yorker, Book Bench
This book is geared to the general reader and has a larger format that encourages perusal. It is recommended for history, geography, and general trivia buffs.
-Library Journal
Amusing and lavishly illustrated book.
-Christian Science Monitor
Complete with maps, Lost States is an interesting travel guide to the world of 'what-if history.'
-McClatchy Newspapers
Trinklein is hilarious in his own right. I laughed out loud before I even got to the book's main content ... it [covers] more states-that-never-were than any other source I've seen.
-Jenny Bristol, GeekDad.com
