TY - BOOK AU - Levy,Janey TI - The Erie Canal: a primary source history of the canal that changed America T2 - Primary sources in American history SN - 0823936805 (lib. bdg.) : AV - F127.E5 L48 2003 U1 - 974.7 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Rosen Central Primary Source KW - Transportation KW - History KW - Sources KW - sears KW - Erie Canal (N.Y.) KW - New York (State) KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 61) and index; An idea is born -- Timeline -- The big ditch -- An engineering marvel -- The canal age -- Competition from the railroad -- The end of an era N2 - Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount how construction of the Erie Canal changed America by vastly improving the movement of goods to settlers in the newly purchased Louisiana Territory ER -