Books and Videorecordings about the Erie Canal The Erie Canal
has been featured in many works of fiction and non-fiction. This
selected bibliography is only a brief sampling. If the works
listed are available on the web or have a related web page, that
fact is noted in the description. - Adams, Samuel Hopkins. The
Erie Canal ; illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh. (Random House,
c1953) 182 p. (Landmark books) -- The author's retelling of
stories of the methods of construction and early operation of
the canal, told to him by his grandfather who "had a hand in
it." - Anderson, Patricia. The Course of Empire : the Erie Canal
and the New York landscape, 1825-1875. (Memorial Art Gallery of
the University of Rochester, c1984) 87 p. -- The catalogue of an
exhibition at the Memorial Art Gallery, June 16-August 12, 1984.
- Andrist, Ralph K. The Erie Canal ; by the editors of American
Heritage ; consultant, Carter Goodrich. (Mahwah, NJ : Troll
Associates, c1964) 153 p. (American Heritage junior library) --
A heavily illustr