Delaware
Capital:
Dover
Date of Entry:
December 7, 1787
Maps:
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| Map of the USA. Delaware shaded dark & tagged. |
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| A close-up of Delaware & its neighbors. |
Neighbors:
Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Water Borders:
Delaware Bay, North Atlantic Ocean
Total Area:
1,982 square miles
Five Largest Cities:
Wilmington, Dover, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna
Famous Geographical Point:
Delaware Bay
State Nickname:
The First State, because it was the first state.
Famous Person:
George Thorogood, musician (“Bad to the Bone”)
Book Set In/About:
And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule
The true story of a well-to-do lawyer who murdered his former lover. Normally, I wouldn’t include a true crime book here, but I actually read this one a number of years ago. It’s very good and there’s a lot of information about Delaware in it.
Movie Set In/About:
“Fight Club” (1999), directed by David Fincher
A man, suffering from insomnia and in search of relief, makes a new friend who introduces him to an underground fighting ring. I had no idea that this book/movie was set in Delaware but the internet insists that it is, and it’s a great movie, so here we are.
Headline of the Day:
“Layoffs Could Spur Delaware’s Bioscience Industry” in The News Journal (delawareonline)
Ah Delaware. There's some quote about it in the movie the American President. Sadly IMDB sheds no light on what that quote is.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that Fight Club took place in Delaware, but it is the banking/insurance capital of the US, so perhaps that makes sense.
Also, their nickname strikes me as simultaneously boring and snooty.
Haha, I agree about the nickname. I looked up both the book and the movie of Fight Club online, trying to determine where it says that it takes place in Delaware, but saw no references to it in either. Perhaps it does if you actually read the book.
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