This book, the second volume in Seelye's series on the rivers of America in the American imagination, explores how George Washington's vision of a "more perfect union" for America--based upon the linking of the nation's waterways by technical means--was carried out. The first volume, Prophetic Waters , dealt with the way rivers, especially in Virginia, influenced life and literature of the period. This book takes the story into the opening decades of the nineteenth century by showing, first, the exploration of the Ohio, ...
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This book, the second volume in Seelye's series on the rivers of America in the American imagination, explores how George Washington's vision of a "more perfect union" for America--based upon the linking of the nation's waterways by technical means--was carried out. The first volume, Prophetic Waters , dealt with the way rivers, especially in Virginia, influenced life and literature of the period. This book takes the story into the opening decades of the nineteenth century by showing, first, the exploration of the Ohio, Missouri, and Mississippi rivers, then the construction of the canals that connected these water systems, and finally, the creation of steamboats to navigate these Western rivers. Yet the net result, as Seelye shows, was quite different from, even antithetical to, Washington's original vision. Seelye ranges widely in the literature and personal narratives of the period to put these developments in an imaginative and cultural context.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 448 p. Audience: General/trade. 430pp. Covers lightly rubbed; small bump bottom rear cover. Dj covers lightly rubbed; small tear bottom spine Dj. Illus.; biblio.; index.
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Very good(-) in very good(-) jacket. Illus. 430pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. From the library of Wendell Garrett with his ownership signature and his pencil marks in some margins.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0195045513. The author covers the period from the French & Indian War to the opening of the Erie Canal. A scholarly, yet readable account of the importance of rivers in American life. Includes index and bibliography. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 430 pages.
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Illustrated by Few Illusts. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Light stains inside jacket and top of book.; Uses rivers, canals, and steamboats as cultural signifiers.; 8vo; 430 pages.
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Illustrated by Few Illusts. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. 0195045513. Starts at the French and Indian War and ends at the opening of the Erie Canal. Rivers, canals as cultural signifiers.; 8vo; 430 pages.
