The Forestport Breaks A Nineteenth-Century Conspiracy along the Black River Canal |
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| Author:
| Doyle, Michael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-0772-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2004 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Illuminates a fresh and fascinating chapter in the colourful history of the Erie Canal. This is the canal's shadowy side, a world of political rot and plotting men, and it extended well beyond one rough and tumble town. The Forestport breaks marked the only time New York officials charged men with conspiring to destroy canal property, but they were also illustrative of the widespread rascality surrounding the canal.
Illuminates a fresh and fascinating chapter in the colourful history of the Erie Canal. This is the canal's shadowy side, a world of political rot and plotting men, and it extended well beyond one rough and tumble town. The Forestport breaks marked the only time New York officials charged men with conspiring to destroy canal property, but they were also illustrative of the widespread rascality surrounding the canal.