The Erie Canal (Landmark Books, Number 34).

New York:: Random House, 1953.. Young Readers of America edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light blue cloth with title and series device printed on the front cover, the top edge tint is red; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket spine is faded.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Landmark endpaper style showing two-color scenes. Description: Illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh. This is Number 34 in the Landmark series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. ''Most likely the Erie Canal would never have been built but for the strong-minded De Witt Clinton. He saw the wisdom of it, and nothing could weaken his determination. So on the Fourth of July, 1817, digging for the canal was finally started. How it was carried through to success is told in this exciting book. An authority on the canal, about which he has written many stories, Mr. Adams is descendant of people who lived along the 'Erie water'. As a boy, he often heard his grandfather tell about his journeys on the canal, and about the men who built it.'' Samuel Hopkins Adams is also the author of three other books in the Landmark series: General Brock and Niagara Falls, The Pony Express, and The Santa Fe Trail