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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $79, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNYS12)		  
The Erie Canal, Cruising America's Waterways  •  Debbie Daino Stack
GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 224 PAGES
Focusing on the joys of traveling the canals of New York State and the famous Erie Canal, this accessible guide addresses the practical aspects of navigating canals. Featuring 225 color photographs that showcase the waterways in all four seasons accompanied by informative text, it presents the canal system's evolution from an industrial transportation route to an exciting recreational waterway. Addressed are suggestions for taking full advantage of the canals when cruising on them; information on the mechanics of their unique locks, guard gates, and dams; and ideas for enjoying the cultural, recreational, and scenic opportunities along their routes. (NYS83, $39.95)		   The Erie Canal, Cruising America's Waterways
The Hudson, A History  •  Tom Lewis
HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
This scholarly, illustrated history of the Hudson River traces its course through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers, artists, industrialists and ecologists--those who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. (NYS46, $17.00)		   The Hudson, A History
Erie Canal  •  Martin Morganstein
HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
This collection of images chronicles the construction and early years of the Erie canal, capturing both the beauty of 19th century rural New York, and the ingenious engineering feats of the day. Part of the Images of America Series. (GLK47, $21.99)		   Erie Canal
New York State Map  •  American Map
2007 •  MAP
A road map of New York at a scale of 1:710,000. Two Sides. 24x36 inches. (NYS87, $6.95)		  



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Hudson Valley, Catskills Map  •  Hagstrom    •  This handy, laminated overview map shows the Hudson River, east to the Catskills, at a scale of 1:190,000. (NYS71, $8.95)
 		  
Erie Canal  •  Deborah Williams   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This guide to exploring New York's historic canals covers the Oswego, Cayuga-Seneca, and Champlain Canals as well as the Erie. (NYS86, $19.95)
 		  
Bond of Union, Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire  •  Gerard Koeppel   • HISTORY  •  Koeppel traces the politics, drama and impact of the building of the Erie Canal in this lively new history of the 1825 waterway that connected the Great Lakes to New York City. (NYS80, $18.95)
 		  
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point  •  Stephen Ambrose  •  Dwight D. Eisenhower  •  Andrew J. Goodpaster   • HISTORY  •  Starting with its formation during the Revolutionary War, renowned historian Ambrose follows the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point. First published in 1966, this updated edition brings the story of the academy into the present. (USE71, $25.00)
 		  
Inventing Niagara  •  Ginger Strand   • HISTORY  •  A witty, well-researched tale of the transformation of a natural wonder into an engineering feat, spectacle and monument. (CND302, $16.00)
 		  
The Hudson River, From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan  •  Jake Rajs  •  Joan K. Davidson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This lush, visual celebration of the Hudson River Valley's historic towns, mansions and wilderness includes color photos paired with the writings of luminaries including Washington Irving, Charles Dickens and Robert Caro. (NYS44, $25.00)
 		  
The War That Made America, A Short History of the French and Indian War  •  Fred Anderson   • HISTORY  •  Anderson (Crucible of War) illuminates relations between the Indians, French and British in 18th-century North America. (USA157, $17.00)
 		  
Wedding of the Waters, The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation  •  Peter L. Bernstein   • HISTORY  •  Bernstein captures the enormity of the Erie Canal project, recounting its genesis, construction, financing, and operation. (NYS85, $16.95)
 		  
An Englishman's Journey along America's Eastern Waterways  •  Herbert Holtham   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A facsimile of the 1831 journal of the Unitarian minister, who traveled along the six-year-old Erie Canal. With 30 pen-and-ink drawings. (NYS81, $29.95)
 		  
The Erie Canal Reader, 1790-1950  •  Roger Hecht   • ANTHOLOGY  •  The essays, travelogues, and fiction by writers including Trollope, Melville, Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe capture the landscape and life along the Erie Canal from its birth in the New York frontier, through its heyday and 20th Century decline. (NYS88, $19.95)
 		  
The Last of the Mohicans  •  James Fenimore Cooper   • LITERATURE  •  The first of the Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper's racially complex, anti-nationalist 1826 novel was set in rural New York State during the French and Indian War. (NYC24, $4.95)
 		  
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories  •  Washington Irving   • LITERATURE  •  Traveling to the Hudson River Valley? Stay awake at night with this great, suspenseful yarn -- or rest easy and read some of the American master's gentler short works. (NYC23, $10.00)
 		  
 
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