Old Towpaths: The Story of The American Canal Era
New York: D. Appleton, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, with (1) after the final line of text. Fine. Hardcover in dark brown cloth lettered in gilt. xiii+ 403 pp. plus one page of publisher's ads at rear. With bibliography. Numerous full page plates featuring reproductions of 19th century images and 20th century photographs. The author's first book, an exploration of the history of canals in the United States. Harlow begins with a brief comment on canals in ancient times before covering the late 17th and 18th century surveys and discussions regarding the building of canals in the American east and through midwestern Native American lands. he woirk covers such waterways as the Erie, the Schuylkill and Union canals, the Susquehanna and Tidewater, the Chesapeake and Delaware, the Delaware and Hudson, James Roiver and Kanawa, canals in the midwest and many others. The author also provides chapters on canal engineering, operation, life on the canal, travelling by canal, canal lotteries, etc.A very nice copy indeed. Fine. Item #E30160
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