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America the Beautiful, Third Series is bursting with fascinating facts, up-to-date statistics, glorious full-color photographs, and unusual lists guaranteed to elicit at least one WOW! with the turn of every page. America the Beautifuls new dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people, economy, and government of each state will continue to make this award-winning series the one that students turn to first for researching school assignments.,



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Lucia Raatma

Lucia Tarbox Raatma was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, and grew up on the grounds of Brookgreen Gardens, an outdoor sculpture garden and wildlife park. She earned a B.A. in English from the University of South Carolina in and went on to earn an M.A. in cinema studies from New York University. She was a copy editor for G. P. Putnam's Sons and later served as managing editor. After working freelance for a few years while she and her husband, Andy, started a family, Lucia was a copy editor at Reader's Digest magazine. Later, she served as a content writer and editor for a social media company and has worked in higher education communications. Currently, she lives in the Tampa Bay area with Andy and their two children, Lizzie and Alex. She enjoys writing a variety of books for the children's educational market.



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