Our whole country: or The past and present of the United States, historical and descriptive

In two volumes, containing the general and local histories and descriptions of each of the States, territories, cities, and towns of the Union; also, biographical sketches of distinguished persons, together with a large and varied collection of interesting and valuable information for all classes, relating to every part of our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. : Illustrated by six hundred engravings; presenting views of all the cities and principal towns--public buildings--birthplaces and seats of eminent Americans--public monuments and those of the illustrious dead--battle-fields--historical localities--relics of antiquity--natural curiosities, etc., almost wholly from drawings taken on the spot by the authors, the entire work being on their part the result of over 16,000 miles of travel and four years of labor