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Many voices building Erie, the canal that changed America

"The engineering marvel that is the Erie Canal shaped the flow of American history, but the sociopolitical impact on the environment, working conditions, and the Haudenosaunee reached much further than its shores"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawlor, Laurie (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2025]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Erie Canal (N.Y.) > Design and construction > Juvenile nonfiction. Canals > Environmental aspects > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	"The engineering marvel that is the Erie Canal shaped the flow of American history, but the sociopolitical impact on the environment, working conditions, and the Haudenosaunee reached much further than its shores"--
Physical Description:	x, 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Audience:	Ages 10 and up Grades 4-6
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index.
ISBN:	9780823455638 0823455637
Author Notes:	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.