Bond of Union : building the Erie Canal and the American empire / Gerard Koeppel.

Author: Koeppel, Gerard T., 1957-

Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2009.

Description454 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:An American ambition -- The wilderness years (10,000 bc-1805) -- "The effusions of a maniac" (1807-1809) -- Apollo rising -- Erie rise and fall (1810-1815) -- The cause uncrowned -- "The most gigantic undertaking" -- Laying the groundwork -- Securing the middle (1818-1820) -- Eastward ho! (1819-1823) -- How the West was won (1819-1825) -- Ten days that shook New York -- The shadowy remembrance.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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