Bond of Union Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire

Name: Bond of Union Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire
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ISBN: 9780306818622

ISBN-10: 0306818620

ISBN-13: 9780306818622

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gerard Koeppel

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An absorbing tale of corruption, incompetence, delay, and political chicanery ("The Economist"), "Bond of Union" offers a landmark new history of the making of the Erie Canal and the extraordinary consequences of its completion. bw photo insert.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 3/9/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English




An American Ambition



The Wilderness Years



"The Effusions of a Maniac"



Apollo Rising



Erie Rise and Fall



The Cause Uncrowned



"The Most Gigantic Undertaking"



Laying the Groundwork



Securing the Middle



Eastward Ho!



How the West Was Won



Ten Days That Shook New York



"The Shadowy Remembrance"


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index