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The Canals
Contributor(s): Bial, Raymond (Author)
ISBN: 0761413367     ISBN-13: 9780761413363
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $32.37  
Product Type: Library Binding
Published: January 2002
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Additional Information
Dewey: 386.409
LCCN: 00065078
Series: Building America (Benchmark)
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 7.66" W x 10.78" (0.88 lbs) 56 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 62211
Reading Level: 7.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In Building America, noted author-photographer Raymond Bial provides an absorbing account of how technology helped shape and define the American landscape from colonial through frontier times. Under discussion are forts, mills, canals, farms and houses -- their form, purpose and significance in United States history. Of particular note are the ways in which each structure contributed to the survival and growth of America, be it as a method of defense, manufacture, transportation or housing. A medley of the author's and period photographs, archival paintings and line drawings from artist Eric Sloane's celebrated works further enhance a distinguished achievement of historical, architectural and technological interest.