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Amazing Impossible Erie Canal (Aladdin Picture Books)
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ISBN: 0689825846
Author: Harness, Cheryl
Condition: New
Follow the amazing construction and workings of the Erie Canal, Americas first superhighway, in this triumphant nonfiction picture book.When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreamed of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks didnt believe such a thing could be done. Clinton wanted to link east coast ports to the frontier, and from the groundbreaking ceremony on the Fourth of July in 1817, Clinton never gave up-even as people called his project Clintons Ditch.Eight long years later, hed realized his vision at last and constructed the longest uninterrupted canal in history-allowing water travel from the American prairie all the way to Europe!
- Erie Canal story for children
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