Old HUDSON DELAWARE CANAL Coal Boats MAPS LOCK DIAGRAMS Photographs 1971 Tales
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Old HUDSON DELAWARE CANAL Coal Boats MAPS LOCK DIAGRAMS Photographs 1971 Tales. Coal Boats to Tidewater: The Story of the Delaware & Hudson Canal. By Manville B. Wakefield. Revised Edition published in 1971 by Wakefair Press of Grahamsville, New York. It is also very obviously a labor of love. Coal Boats to Tidewater: The Story of the Delaware & Hudson Canal. By Manville B. Wakefield. Foreword by Carl Carmer. Revised Edition published in 1971 by Wakefair Press of Grahamsville, New York. "Canals have always appealed to the American imagination. Mr. Wakefield has sought out and included many colorful and amusing anecdotes. Several of them are documented, others, of a folk-character, have been told to him by 'old-timers.' The man-made waterway, wherever it occurs in our history, has been the subject of many a gibe on the 'sea-going' nature of its narrow, shallow channel. This book is not merely a compilation of factual records and semi-literary episodes, however. It is a volume so compact and effective as to move me to recommend it to the attention of organizations which annually distribute recognitions of especial merit. It is also very obviously a labor of love. Mr. Wakefield imparts his own enthusiasm for the landscape which encompasses the old passage in every paragraph. Here and there he brings to his readers nostalgia for the old days and ways, and he proves himself ever aware of horizons notched by the Shawangunk Mountains, of shimmering spring fed pools, and of wooded areas unchanged and unchanging through the years." (Foreward). Condition: Sound binding. Book itself is Near Fine. No issues at all. DJ has rips and chips as pictured in its entirety at the end of the photo line-up above. It is covered with a clear archival jacket. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2" with 222 pages.
