[caption id="attachment_1859" align="alignright" width="142" caption="Today's Prize: How the States Got Their Shapes"] [/caption] I can't believe we are already over halfway through our wonderful adventure through the 50 states. I hope you have found some information that has shed some new light on this wonderful country. Today, you have the opportunity to win an incredible book; one which I have read and definitely recommend. It's called How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein, and it could be yours simply by answering the following question.

Who was the first American-born citizen to be canonized by the Catholic church, and what state were they from?

As has been the case the last 2 days, the answer lies in the states I wrote about today. If you think you know the answer, submit it in the comments for your chance to win How the States Got Their Shapes. The winner will be selected at random from those who answered correctly. You have until 11:59 PM Eastern tonight to answer. Oh, and if you won before, you can't participate again until the grand finale later this week. You will have more chances to win through the end of the week, so subscribe to the RSS feed, or follow EiH on Twitter, or you could miss out!