{"product_id":"catfish-fiddles-mules-and-more-john-c-fisher-9780826214898","title":"Catfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More: Missouri's State Symbols","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout history symbols have been used in a variety of ways, often playing important roles. Each state has its own representative symbols--ranging from seals, flags, and buildings to rocks, minerals, plants, and animals--but how did they come to be chosen? In \u003ci\u003eCatfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More, \u003c\/i\u003eJohn C. Fisher provides an answer to that question for Missourians with a handy reference on the various official symbols of the state.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFisher explores each of the symbols adopted by the legislature as well as the state nickname and the legislative process in Missouri. A chapter is devoted to each symbol, providing information about when it was adopted, why it came to be considered as a state symbol, and how it relates to and is representative of the state. For those symbols that are items of economic importance to the state, the nature of their contribution is also explained. In the case of animal and plant symbols, their biology and where they occur within the state is presented.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This important work, which includes thirty illustrations, will be helpful in acquainting Missourians and others interested in the state with not only the state's symbols but the history of Missouri as well. Because the symbols were adopted over a long period of time, much of Missouri's history has been included in the course of discussing them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThoroughly researched and well written, \u003ci\u003eCatfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More\u003c\/i\u003e fills a niche for this kind of information in a way no other work has done. It will be valuable to anyone with an interest in Missouri, and it will be particularly useful to elementary and high school students in their study of the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John C. Fisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826214894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826214898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"John C. Fisher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670396850431,"sku":"9780826214898","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/catfish-fiddles-mules-and-more-john-c-fisher-9780826214898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}