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An old hermitage, a lost ‘pot’ of gold, the rebuilding of the famous Wabash and Erie Canal, and the search for a missing shipping magnate form the background to Tana’s and Thor’s vacation with her grandparents near Port Gibson, Indiana, a … more

Conceived in the early 1800s and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was the boldest and biggest American engineering project of its century, with enduring political, social, and economic effects. It was the Erie Canal that first opened up th… more

A journey into Albany’s historic past and the city’s role in three pivotal historical narratives: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the construction of the Erie Canal

“This a story of a nurse going from the care giver to the patient. Six weeks in hospital six months of recovery and subsequently being able to Ride a bike on the Erie Canal 68 miles along with my surgeon and raise over ten thousand dollars … more

“One corner of the great American panorama enlarged to highlight starry-eyed visionaries, political machinations, indefatigable ingenuity, and cockeyed optimism.” —Kirkus ReviewsA sweeping work of history by Peter L. Bernstein, Wedding of … more

Bluebird of Brockport, A Novel of the Erie Canal offers a wholesome, page-turning story especially well-suited for young adult historical fiction readers, but of equal interest to adult historical fiction enthusiasts. Of recently published … more

Seas and Waterways of the World: An Encyclopedia of History, Uses, and IssueS≪/i> offers a comprehensive introduction to humanity’s historical reliance on the world’s seas and waterways and how that reliance continues to evolve.Over the … more

Silver Ribbon Skinny is a work of historical fiction. The main character, Skinny Nye, is based upon the character Pearl Nye, who was born in 1872 and died in 1950, just short of his 79th birthday. Pearl began writing a story about one of hi… more

The construction of the Erie Canal may truly be described as a major event in the growth of the young United States. At a time when the internal links among the states were scanty, the canal’s planners boldly projected a system of transport… more

Henry Hudson explored the river that now bears his name in 1609. The arrival of the steamboat 200 years later, and the opening of the Erie Canal, made the Hudson one of America’s busiest rivers. From 1826 until the middle of the 20th centur… more

The Erie Canal: Great Destinations is the first comprehensive travel guide to New York State Canals and the communities and attractions found along them.Each chapter covers one canal, providing historical background as well as informatio… more

The actual autobiography of pioneer Augustus H. Kellogg, who with his family traveled from NY to Wisconsin-Michigan. He records how he traveled the length of the Erie Canal, worked in sawmills and gristmills, volunteered for the Union Army … more

Winston and Leah Freemont have raised their family on the canal. Winston bought a canal boat and decided to work the Ohio Erie Canal in 1830. Now, twenty years later the family must make a new decision. With their oldest son ready to marry… more

Arranged for Guitar Tablature & Standard Notation, With Lyrics, Chord Names & Chord Frames. Matching songbook to the acclaimed 2006 recording. Also includes color photos and separate lyric pages. The Seeger Sessions’ features Bruce’s perso… more

Few voyagers heading west on the inland waterways of the 1790s ever saw the Great Falls at Cohoes, near the mouth of the Mohawk River. But it was this obstruction that prevented direct navigation west from the Hudson and which forced them o… more

Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take salt for granted, a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads, a word used casually in expressions (“salt … more

With his eye for the ladies and his knack for Victorian house restorations, how can Elias Hackshaw resist when the beautiful Hester DelGado asks him to help with the renovation of her “painted lady” in Port Erie? Upstate New York’s most ira… more

Benjamin Franklin Taylor (b. 1822) was a prominent poet, memoirist, novelist, and newspaperman who worked in Chicago in the mid-nineteenth century and whose writing addressed a wide range of topics. In THE WORLD ON WHEELS AND OTHER SKETCHES… more

Thomas Hrodej’s father, a tough Bohemian immigrant, helped build the Erie Canal. When Thomas is picked on by the town bullies, will he be as tough as his father? When they use the ultimate weapon…rumors and gossip, Thomas turns to the new… more

This title is a biography of one of the most colourful and least well-known of the founding fathers. A plain-spoken, racy patrician who distrusted democracy but opposed slavery and championed freedom for all minorities, an important player … more