âThe Artificial River is deeply researched, its arguments are both subtle and clear, and it is written with grace and an engagingly light touch. The book merits a wide readership.â âPaul Johnson, The Journal of American History
âA beautifully written and unpretentious book that reveals how little historians have known about something they have written so much about: the Ere Canal.â âRichard White, University of Washington
â[Sheriff] renders the Erie Canal's history from a fresh point of view . . . the everyday lives of ordinary people who lived along the waterway.â âPaul Grondahl, Albany Times Union
âBroadly conceived, imaginatively researched, incisively argued, and gracefully written.â âRobert H. Wiebe, Northwestern University
âAn excellent study of an important, all too often neglected period.â âLee Milazzo, The Dallas Morning News

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The story of the Erie Canal is the story of industrial and economic progress between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Carol Sheriff uses innovative archival research to document the varied responses of ordinary people to this major environmental, social, and cultural transformation in the early life of our Republic.
Carol Sheriff, a native of Bethesda, Maryland, received her B.A. from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. from Yale University. She is assistant professor of history at the College of William and Mary. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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