erie canal (n.y.)

Traces the history of the Erie Canal, discussing how the canal's creation led to a bond between the East and the growing settlements of the West.

In the early 1800s, the Van Wies have their lives changed when the new Erie Canal is built through their land.

Presents a collection of writings about the landscape and life along the Erie Canal, featuring poems, essays, travelogues, and fiction composed by American and British authors from 1790 to 1950.

Tells the story of the Erie Canal, completed in 1825, focusing on the social and cultural responses of men, women, and children to the canal and the progress it represented, especially in the north.

A history of the Erie Canal's construction and subsequent influence on American geography profiles the nation in the first quarter-century of the 1800s, demonstrating how the canal's creation impacted the industrial revolution and citing the contributions of such figures as Washington, Jefferson, and van Buren. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

An eleven-year-old New York farm girl travels with her parents to the Michigan Territory in 1836 by way of the Erie Canal, encountering unknown dangers and incredible hardships.

An informative essay about a trip across the Erie Canal, complemented by photographs.