000			01675cam a22003614a 4500
003			OCoLC
005			20251028092234.0
008			051101s2005 nyuab b 001 0 eng
001			ocm56614386
010			_a 2004022792
020			_a0393052338 (hardcover)
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780393052336
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780393052336
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780393052336
035			_z(Sirsi) 156516
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dOCL _dBAKER _dVF$
042			_apcc
043			_an-us-ny _an-us---
050	0	0	_aHE 396.E6 _bB47 2005
090			_aHE 396 .E6 B47 2005
100	1		_aBernstein, Peter L.
245	1	0	_aWedding of the waters : _bthe Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / _cPeter L. Bernstein.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton, _cc2005.
300			_a448 p. : _bill., map ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 413-423) and index.
505	0		_aSmooth 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.
520			_a"The account of how the Erie Canal forever changed the course of American history"--Provided by publisher.
651		0	_aErie Canal (N.Y.)
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip051/2004022792 .html
999			_c98634 _d98634