Many Voices: Building Erie, the Canal That Changed America - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laurie LawlorTheme:Chronological Period/19th CenturyAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:8/19/2025Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823455638ISBN-10:0823455637UPC:9780823455638Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Transportation, HistoryBook Topic:How Things Work/Are Made, Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, United StatesSize:9.12 x 7.43 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.749Product ID:SCWEJ7CP4V
"The Nation's First Superhighway" existed before the spread of cars... or even railroads! This immersive photo book ferries readers through the past and present of the Erie Canal, from impossible idea to groundbreaking reality. In the twenty-first century, it's hard to imagine a canal as cutting-edge technology. Yet even to the most scientifically-minded, the Erie Canal once seemed an unachievable dream. Thomas Jefferson himself called it "nothing short of madness;" one critic felt sure it was impossible as "building a canal to the moon." Yet with eight years and nearly $185 million dollars in today's currency, the Erie Canal opened in 1825 to celebratory cannon fire: an innovating--and enduring--marvel of engineering. But as the Canal shaped the flow of American history, the sociopolitical impact reached much further than its shores. A largely untold tale of creativity and cowardice, sacrifice and greed, heroism and prejudice, the Erie Canal's story is as complex and compelling as that of America itself. Award-winning nonfiction author Laurie Lawlor captures the landmark achievements of the Erie Canal while diving deep into corporate greed, environmental devastation, poor working conditions, and its impact on the Haudenosaunee people. Pairing rich back matter (including maps, source notes, an index, bibliography, glossary, and timeline) with attention grabbing photographs, accomplished STEAM storyteller Laurie Lawlor connects the Erie Canal's past and present to plumb the depths of unexplored American history. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Named to the NSTA-CBC Best STEM Books List!
Named to the Illinois Reads List
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Named to the NSTA-CBC Best STEM Books List!
Named to the Illinois Reads List
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Holiday HouseISBN-13:9780823455638ISBN-10:0823455637UPC:9780823455638Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Technology, Transportation, HistoryBook Topic:How Things Work/Are Made, Boats, Ships & Underwater Craft, United StatesSize:9.12 x 7.43 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.749Product ID:SCWEJ7CP4V
Laurie Lawlor is a prolific and celebrated author of children's books. Her picture book biography Rachel Carson and her Book That Changed the World was named a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book and received the John Burroughs Riverby Award. Her Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World was named a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book. She lives and teaches in the Chicago metropolitan area.
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