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Wedding of the waters : the Erie Canal and the making of a great nation / Peter L. Bernstein.

Author: Bernstein, Peter L.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2005.

ISBN: 0393052338 (hardcover)

Description: 448 p.: ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject: Erie Canal (N.Y.).
United States Economic conditions.

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.

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

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