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Author | : Jack Kelly |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137280093 |
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A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history. The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier. Men and women saw God face to face, gained and lost fortunes, and reveled in a period of intense spiritual creativity. Heaven's Ditch by Jack Kelly illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this "psychic highway" from its opening in 1825 through 1844. "Wage slave" Sam Patch became America's first celebrity daredevil. William Miller envisioned the apocalypse. Farm boy Joseph Smith gave birth to Mormonism, a new and distinctly American religion. Along the way, the reader encounters America's very first "crime of the century," a treasure hunt, searing acts of violence, a visionary cross-dresser, and a panoply of fanatics, mystics, and hoaxers.
Author | : Jack Kelly |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016-07-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1466878991 |
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A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history. The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand and largely through wilderness. As excitement crackled down its length, the canal became the scene of the most striking outburst of imagination in American history. Zealots invented new religions and new modes of living. The Erie Canal made New York the financial capital of America and brought the modern world crashing into the frontier. Men and women saw God face to face, gained and lost fortunes, and reveled in a period of intense spiritual creativity. Heaven's Ditch by Jack Kelly illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this "psychic highway" from its opening in 1825 through 1844. "Wage slave" Sam Patch became America's first celebrity daredevil. William Miller envisioned the apocalypse. Farm boy Joseph Smith gave birth to Mormonism, a new and distinctly American religion. Along the way, the reader encounters America's very first "crime of the century," a treasure hunt, searing acts of violence, a visionary cross-dresser, and a panoply of fanatics, mystics, and hoaxers.
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Release | : 1960 |
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Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Triad society |
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Author | : Todd F. Davis |
Publisher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Poetry |
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Some Heaven brings together more than 100 Davis poems. Most are concise; all are approachable. In fact, they pull readers in, stirring our senses, tickling our memories. Underneath, of course, these are poems about universal themes: love, loss, life, death; but in Davis's skilled hands, they appear to us to be more akin to wild strawberries growing on a rock wall or apples discovered in an abandoned orchard: something fresh, unexpected, and thankfully welcomed.
Author | : Ray Neil Johnson |
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Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
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Author | : Katy Butler |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2014-06-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1451641982 |
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Outlines a less invasive, more humane approach to end-of-life care, sharing the stories of the author's parents and explaining the political and technological factors that are interfering with patient preferences.
Author | : James P. Simmons |
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Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1871 |
Genre | : Soul |
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Author | : Peter Rosegger |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Christianity |
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Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Atheism |
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