The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal by Mark S. Ferrara backyard bugs homemade meals

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The Raging Erie: Life and Labor Along the Erie Canal by Mark S. Ferrara backyard bugs homemade mealsThe completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 was a monumental achievement. Linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, it transformed New York City into a hub of international trade, drove the rise of industrial cities in once sparsely populated areas, and accelerated the westward expansion of the United States. Yet few of the laborers who toiled along the canal shared in the prosperity it brought. Mark S. Ferrara tells the stories of the ordinary