Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire

by Gerard Koeppel

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306818272
• ISBN13: 9780306818271
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"