Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation
Bernstein, Peter L.
Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein - New York : W.W. Norton , 2006, c2005. - 448 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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.
9780393327953
2004022792
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
United States----Economic conditions
HE396.E6 / B47 2005
386.48 BER
Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein - New York : W.W. Norton , 2006, c2005. - 448 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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.
9780393327953
2004022792
Erie Canal (N.Y.)
United States----Economic conditions
HE396.E6 / B47 2005
386.48 BER
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