TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernstein,Peter L.
TI  - Wedding of the waters: the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation 
SN  - 0393052338 (hardcover)
AV  - HE 396.E6 B47 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Erie Canal (N.Y.)
KW  - United States
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - 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
N2  - "The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022792 .html
ER  -