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Erie Canal: Canoeing America's Great Waterway

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I have never been on the Erie Canal but Peter Lourie, with his great ability to blend both history and adventure, made me feel like I was right there with him. Vivid historical and contemporary photographs, as well as lots of canal stories turned, what might've been dull history, into a wonderful reading and visual experience. I never thought I could find the story of a waterway so engaging, but it was. I read this book with great pleasure and so did my two children. The author successfully broadened our appreciation for the wonders and history of this waterway; he kept us interested with tales about tug boat captains and other folks that he meets along the way. I'll probably never canoe the Erie Canal, but in a sense Peter Lourie has done this for me. We all thoroughly enjoyed reading this memorable account and look forward to reading more books by this talented writer.

This book had a lot of interesting and good information. We have heard about the Erie Canal before but we wanted to learn more. And we did. In the book it told us about: the people who carried barges down the Erie Canal and how the mules carried the boats and what they had to go through to get to their destination. Peter Lourie knew this because he traveled himself through the Erie Canal.

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When I first read this book, I didn't know much about the Erie Canal. This book gave me alot of details about what is was like in the 1800's and about barges. Peter Lourie is a great writer and I learned alot

by: Amanda

The Erie Canal is a good mix of history and facts making this book interesting and entertaining. It was like you were there with Peter. Peter Lorie teaches you about how the Erie Canal was built and how they used it. It had interesting stories and facts that made this book never dull even for a non-fiction book. This is a great way to teach kids about the Erie Canal. If you are a teacher and doing something on the Erie Canal this book would be for you. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.