Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great NationW. W. Norton & Company, 2005 - 448 pàgines The building of the Erie Canal is one of the greatest and most riveting stories of American ingenuity. Now a bestselling author presents the story of the canal's construction against the larger tableau of America in the first quarter-century of the 1800s. |
Continguts
Acknowledge | 13 |
Does It Not Seem Like Magic? | 19 |
Smooth Sailing | 29 |
Hudsons Wrong Turn | 44 |
Washingtons Pivot | 59 |
Canal Maniacs | 75 |
A Canal to the Moon | 87 |
THE ACTION BEGINS | 107 |
Rude Incentive | 237 |
Unwearied Zeal | 258 |
A Noble Work | 279 |
The Pageant of Power | 293 |
The Weeding of the Waters | 308 |
No Charge for Births | 325 |
The Prodigious Artery | 343 |
The Granary of the World | 364 |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation Peter L. Bernstein Previsualització limitada - 2006 |
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation Peter L. Bernstein Previsualització limitada - 2010 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
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Exploring American History: From Colonial Times to 1877 Tom Lansford,Thomas E. Woods, Jr. Previsualització limitada - 2007 |
Moveable Feasts: From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, the Incredible ... Sarah Murray Previsualització limitada - 2007 |