Title: Stars in the water; the story of the Erie Canal
Authors: Condon, George E.
Publisher: Doubleday,
Year: 1974
Subjects: Erie Canal (N.Y.) History.
Contents: The short cut -- Genesis -- Enter DeWitt Clinton -- A family of destiny -- Survey and struggle -- Rome : the beginning -- The men who dug the dream -- Death and the ditch -- Shadows and sunlight -- The miracle of Lockport -- The wedding of the waters -- The way for dreamers to go -- No heights left -- Life on the canal -- The way of the immigrant -- People for the empire -- The way it was -- The fiery spirits -- Saga of Sam Patch -- Carthage falls again -- Royalty and romance in Rochester -- Venice with salt vats -- Tale of two cities -- Hero in absentia -- From flour to flowers to fotos -- Carlson made the copy count -- Lockport lore -- Gargling oil and girls -- Of men and minstrels -- Buffalo's president -- Big Steve -- Mark Twain in Buffalo -- Parallels never meet -- Violence and victory.