Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 448 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0393052338 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HE 396.E6 B47 2005
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HE 396 .E6 B47 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98626413

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-423) and index.

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.

"The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.

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