Bond of Union
Subtitle: building the Erie Canal and the American empire
By: Gerard Koeppel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780306818271
Subjects: Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- History
Description: In this compelling narrative, author Gerard Koeppel tells the complete, sweeping story of the creation of the canal, and of the memorable characters who turned a visionary plan into a successful venture. Includes major new findings about the construction of the canal as well as its enormous impact.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An American ambition; title: The wilderness years (10,000 bc-1805); title: "The effusions of a maniac" (1807-1809); title: Apollo rising; title: Erie rise and fall (1810-1815); title: The cause uncrowned; title: "The most gigantic undertaking"; title: Laying the groundwork; title: Securing the middle (1818-1820); title: Eastward ho! (1819-1823); title: How the West was won (1819-1825); title: Ten days that shook New York; title: The shadowy remembrance.