The Erie Canal
Feb 2016 · New Word City
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The Erie Canal was a preposterous idea. Even President Thomas Jefferson, usually ahead of his time, believed that it could not be built for at least a century, and yet, the Erie Canal came to be just as its planners had thought it would. For the first time in the history of the United States, a cheap, fast route ran through the Appalachians, the mountains that had so effectively divided the West from the East of early America. With the canal, the country's fertile interior became accessible and its great inland lakes were linked to all the seas of the world. Here, from award-winning historian Ralph K. Andrist, is the canal's dramatic and little-told story.
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Donald Baumbach
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1 June 2020
Interesting look at towns along the canal. Beautiful place to pleasure boat.
Millard Smallwood
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6 November 2019
Very interesting story of the life of the Erie Canal.
Thomas Henry
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4 October 2019
Historically interesting as we just visited the canal.
About the author
Ralph K. Andrist was a longtime editor in the American Heritage Book Division. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota with a major in journalism. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Tulagi. His books include Jackson, Young America, and The Polar Explorers.
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