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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 386.4809747
Fabric Type: 9780306818271
Fax Number: 1
Legal Disclaimer: 0306818272
Maximum Color Depth: Da Capo Press
Metal Type: Da Capo Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 464
Total External Bays Free: March 10, 2009
Total Firewire Ports: Da Capo Press
Da Capo Press
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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 the West to American enterprise and imagination, bringing vast riches and a far-reaching vision to a rapidly expanding nation.
In this compelling narrative, author Gerard Koeppel tells the complete, sweeping story of the creation of the canal, and of the memorable characters who turned a visionary plan into a successful venture. Koeppel’s extensive research includes major new findings about the construction of the canal as well as its enormous impact. Bond of Union provides a unique perspective on Manifest Destiny and the beginning of America’s self-perception as an empire destined to expand to the Pacific.
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I picked this book up on a whim, because the topic intrigued me. Not a serious reader of history, I personally found the level of detail in the book regarding the political and financial dealings required to bring the canal into reality a bit overwhelming. The book is close to 400 pages long, and the first shovel doesn't break ground on the canal until 200 pages into the book. That's a lot of pages devoted to wrangling in Albany, wrangling in DC, failed bond issues, and political machinations big ... Read More
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Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire
As a life-long resident of Upstate New York I found this book very interesting. The Erie Canal is presented in school so simplistically that we simply assume everyone was on board to dig it and it was not challenge technically or politically. This book clearly traces the history of the politics and describes the many engineering feats that were accomplished by largely unschooled American surveyors and engineers. It also ... Read More
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This is the definitive story of the building of the Erie Canal, with prodigious research but still quite readable. We who like the nitty gritty will discover in the first few pages that this is the McCoy. He has done a lot of work on this thing, built a monument, and deserves congratulations.
Koeppel has a "warts and all" approach, which is a bit too heavy on the warts. He doesn't like most of the characters, e.g., chief engineer Benjamin Wright and Governor DeWitt Clinton. ... Read More
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I liked this book very much and thought Koeppel did a great job of breathing life into the political intriques surrounding the creation of America's first grand public works project. I knew little about the history of the canal prior to reading this book, and in addition to getting the big picture, I came away knowing neat facts about inclined plane canals, hydraulic cement, and how a lock system works.
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got more and more boring for me to finish, its important to show the men behind and some of the politics, but way too much, not enough about the men who do the work, from the farming,what,why and how it was moved from field to canal, out to sea, etc. etc.
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