Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein.
Bernstein, Peter L.
2005
HE396.E6 B47 2005 (Mapit)
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Title Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein.
Author Bernstein, Peter L.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 0393052338
Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
Language English
Description 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Call Number HE396.E6 B47 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 386/.48/09747
Summary "The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-423) and index.
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Smooth sailing
Hudson's wrong turn
Washington's pivot
Canal maniacs
"A canal to the moon"
The sublime spectacle
The extravagant proposal
The expedition
War and peace
The shower of gold
Digging the ditch
Boom, bust, bonds
Rude invective
Unwearied zeal
A noble work
The pageant of power
The wedding of the waters
No charge for births
The prodigious artery
The granary of the world.

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