MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008048672
003 DLC
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008 081106s2009 mauabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008048672
020 $a9780306818271 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aF127.E5$bK646 2009
082 00 $a386/.4809747$222
100 1 $aKoeppel, Gerard T.,$d1957-
245 10 $aBond of Union :$bbuilding the Erie Canal and the American empire /$cGerard Koeppel.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bDa Capo Press,$cc2009.
300 $a454 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAn American ambition -- The wilderness years (10,000 bc-1805) -- "The effusions of a maniac" (1807-1809) -- Apollo rising -- Erie rise and fall (1810-1815) -- The cause uncrowned -- "The most gigantic undertaking" -- Laying the groundwork -- Securing the middle (1818-1820) -- Eastward ho! (1819-1823) -- How the West was won (1819-1825) -- Ten days that shook New York -- The shadowy remembrance.
651 0 $aErie Canal (N.Y.)$xHistory.