Learning about life on an Erie Canal packet boat in 1843



(Illustration "The Lock" on Page 88)

Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal
by Jacob Abbott


ISBN: 0932334997
Heart of the Lakes Publishing
Date: 1987
Paperback


 
A book in a series, "Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge," that was originally published in 1843. It was written to be instructional as well as entertaining and to show the functioning of the Erie Canal as a turnpike as well as a railroad. Illustrated with reproductions of wood engravings by William Roberts. 203p. with Illus. by Roberts, William and Carl Emil Doepler. 5"x7.75".

Condition: Slight corner bump otherwise clean,
tight and bright with no markings


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