Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal (Hardcover) by Jack Kelly

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Having recently finished "American Eden: Botany and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic" which has some overlap with the Erie Canal, I realized how little I knew about this grand public works project. The author provides quite a bit of social background on what was occuring in the settli...

from book58lover

Living in Syracuse I am constantly reminded of the Erie Canal. In fact, I purchased this book at the Erie Canal Museum on (wait for it) Erie Boulevard. So my desire to learn something new was high. I had already read about the founding of the Mormons and the 'burned-over district' and was aware o...

from WiserWisegirl

Surprised at all the historic culmination in the Erie Canal. Did not expect to be reading about religion, but was amazed at the story told. Historical, religious, but the descriptions of the engineering behind the Canal and the people and communities that built it and lived around it are what he...

from Whiskey3pa

Oddly structured book. Found it distracting with constant back and forth. Sparse coverage of canal building, which was what pulled it from the bargain bin in the first place. The number of unique religious figures with ties to the area was interesting.

from WiserWisegirl

Surprised at all the historic culmination in the Erie Canal. Did not expect to be reading about religion, but was amazed at the story told. Historical, religious, but the descriptions of the engineering behind the Canal and the people and communities that built it and lived around it are what he...