The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal

by Cheryl Harness

2020-08-29 15:41:11

Folks didn''t believe that a canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes could ever be built. But a young Politician, De Witt Clinton, had vision. He knew "Clinton''s Ditch" was more than possible: It was a necessary way to link East Coast... Read more
Folks didn''t believe that a canal connecting the Hudson River with the Great Lakes could ever be built. But a young Politician, De Witt Clinton, had vision. He knew "Clinton''s Ditch" was more than possible: It was a necessary way to link East Coast ports to the frontier.
Join Cheryl Harness on an animated journey into history, beginning with the Erie Canal''s groundbreaking ceremony on the Fourth of July, 1817. Celebrating the mood of post-war America, she uses an engaging text and distinctive panoramic watercolors, including detailed maps of the route, to describe a massive engineering feat and make the pageantry of the Erie Canal''s grand opening come alive.
It was America''s first superhighway. Less

Book Details

File size8.81x11.35x0.45inche
Print pages32
PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date April 1, 1995
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780027426410

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