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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackstone Audio Inc
Publication date July 5, 2016
Binding CD/Spoken Word
Edition Unabridged
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781504729390
ISBN-10 1504729390
Dimensions 0 by 5.10 by 5.68 in.
Original list price $34.95
Other format details audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history.

''The Erie Canal rubbed Aladdin's lamp. America awoke, catching for the first time the wondrous vision of its own dimensions and power.'' -- Francis Kimball, American architect.

The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier. Men and women saw God face-to-face, gained and lost fortunes, and reveled in a period of intense spiritual creativity.

Heaven's Ditch illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this ''psychic highway,'' from its opening in 1825 through 1844. ''Wage slave'' Sam Patch became America's first celebrity daredevil. William Miller envisioned the apocalypse. Farm boy Joseph Smith gave birth to Mormonism, a new and distinctly American religion. Along the way, one encounters America's very first ''crime of the century,'' a treasure hunt, searing acts of violence, a visionary cross-dresser, and a panoply of fanatics, mystics, and hoaxers.

A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history.



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Hardcover
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from St Martins Pr (July 5, 2016); titled "Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal"
9781137280091 | details & prices | 304 pages | List price $27.99
CD/Spoken Word
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Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (July 5, 2016); titled "Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal"
9781504729390 | details & prices | List price $34.95
About: A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history.

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