Waterways and Byways, 1600-1890
By: editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes
Contributors: Benes, Peter, editor; Benes, Jane Montague, editor; Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Series: Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife annual proceedings -- v. 34, 2009; Annual proceedings (Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife) -- 2009.
Publisher: Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Deerfield, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Description and travel; Trails; Travel; Waterways; Congresses; Roads; Canals; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: Section 1.; title: Indian Trails --; title: An Indian trail over Hoosac Mountain  -- Clifford J. Schexnayder -- Section 2.; title: Canals --; title: Inclined to succeed : the South Hadley Canal  -- Kenneth L. Williamson; title: Memphremagog or bust : the Connecticut River Company, the Farmington Canal, and their battle for the Upper Connecticut River  -- Richard DeLuca; title: From the sea to the Commonwealth's heart : the short-lived Blackstone Canal  -- Tom Kelleher; title: Manufacturing Eden : the rivers and canals of Lowell, 1820-1870  -- Jane Weiss -- Section 3.; title: Lakes and waterways --; title: Lake Champlain : ice highway / ice byway  -- Susan M. Ouellette; title: Maine's myriad waterways and the coastal granite manufacturing industry, 1815-1890  -- Aaron Paul -- Section 4.; title: Timekeeping --; title: Timekeeping and timekeepers on New England byways  -- Bob Frishman -- Section 5.; title: Banditry and Hucksterism --; title: Pirates, bandits, and runagates : roving outlaws on early American waterways  -- James I. Deutsch; title: Dr Anthony Yeldall : a Philadelphia pharmacist navigates the American northeast  -- Peter Benes; title: "Like an avalanche" : traveling circuses on roads, rivers, and rails  -- Richard W. Flint; title: Waterways and byways bibliography.