The Erie Canal reader, 1790-1950 /

The Erie Canal reader, 1790-1950 /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.
Description:	xii, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	American literature -- New York (State) -- Erie Canal Region. American literature. Travel. Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- Literary collections. Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. Erie Canal Region (N.Y.) -- Literary collections. Erie Canal Region (N.Y.) -- Description and travel. New York (State) -- Erie Canal. New York (State) -- Erie Canal Region. Literature. Literary collections.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4872238

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Other authors / contributors:	Hecht, Roger W.
ISBN:	0815607598 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes travel accounts, poems, short stories, and novel excerpts. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169).

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Authoring the Erie
"The Great Western Canal"
"Celebration of the Grand Canal"
from Travels in North America
from Men and Manners in America
from Domestic Manners of the Americans
from Retrospect of Western Travel
"The Canal Boat"
from The Poetry of Travelling in the United States
"The Canal Boat"
from Moby-Dick
"The Aged Pilot Man"
"The Raging Canal"
from Their Wedding Journey
from David Harum
from Erie Water
"Canal Bride"
References