Bond of Union Building the Erie Canal and the

The Erie Canal was the Boldest and Biggest American Engineering Project of its Century. When it was completed in 1825, the Erie Canal opened up the West to American enterprise and imagination, making it the first great bond between the seaboard American nation and the vast continental interior.

Gerard Koeppel is a writer, journalist, historian, and former editor for CBS News. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Water for Gotham and lives in Manhattan.

An American Ambition	p. 1
The Wilderness Years	p. 13
"The Effusions of a Maniac"	p. 39
Apollo Rising	p. 65
Erie Rise and Fall	p. 77
The Cause Uncrowned	p. 111
"The Most Gigantic Undertaking"	p. 153
Laying the Groundwork	p. 193
Securing the Middle	p. 223
Eastward Ho!	p. 269
How the West Was Won	p. 317
Ten Days That Shook New York	p. 365
"The Shadowy Remembrance"	p. 387
Notes	p. 399
Bibliography	p. 429
Acknowledgments	p. 441
Index	p. 443
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