Book Release: Many Voices: Building the Erie Canal that Changed America

I’ve not read this book, but no time is better than 2025 to read all you can about 200 years of the canal. Click here for more info on the author. Maybe you could type your favorite Erie Canal book. Even better, write a several-sentence blurb about why you consider this your favorite or even…

will van dorp

May 7, 2025

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Canal Society of New York, CSNY, Erie Canal books

I’ve not read this book, but no time is better than 2025 to read all you can about 200 years of the canal. Click here for more info on the author.

Maybe you could type your favorite Erie Canal book. Even better, write a several-sentence blurb about why you consider this your favorite or even why you want others to read it if they’ve not yet gotten to it.

One response to “Book Release: Many Voices: Building the Erie Canal that Changed America”

Dave Williams

May 7, 2025 at 8:41 pm

The preeminent book about the Erie Canal is Wedding of the Waters by Peter Bernstein. However one of my picks is The Long Haul by Michele McFee. That book focuses on the Barge Canal – too often overlooked but is the canal people see and use today.

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