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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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
February 13, 2006, W. W. Norton
in English
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
February 13, 2006, W. W. Norton
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Wedding of the waters: the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation
2005, W.W. Norton
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Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation
January 30, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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