An edition of Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation (2005)

Wedding of the waters

the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation

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An edition of Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation (2005)

Wedding of the waters

the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation

1st ed.

by

  • 3 Want to read

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

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W.W. Norton
Language
English
Pages
448

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Subjects

Economic conditions, Erie canal (n.y.), United states, economic conditions

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United States, Erie Canal (N.Y.)
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Cover of: Wedding of the Waters
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
February 13, 2006, W. W. Norton
in English
Cover of: Wedding of the Waters
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
February 13, 2006, W. W. Norton
in English
Cover of: Wedding of the waters
Wedding of the waters: the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation
2005, W.W. Norton
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Wedding of the Waters
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
January 30, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company
in English

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Table of Contents

Smooth sailing
Colden's lament
Washington's pivot
Canal maniacs
Canal to the moon
The sublime spectacle
The extravagant proposal
The expedition
War and peace
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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
HE396.E6 B47 2005, HE396.E6B47 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
448 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
448

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23273378M
Internet Archive
weddingofwaterse0000bern
ISBN 10
0393052338
LCCN
2004022792
OCLC/WorldCat
56614386
Library Thing
332195
Goodreads
1119921

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On October 26, 1825, a line of tiny boats departed from Buffalo, New York, sailing eastward from the shores of Lake Erie to the Hudson River at Albany.
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