Watergate: A Story of the Irish on the Erie Canal

Land of the Free

by Herbert Best, Erick Berry (Illustrator)

Found in the non-fiction section, along with other works about canals, this is from what I can tell, a historical fiction, juvenile work about a young Irish-American orphan named Sean. Sean's father was one of the Irish who dug the Erie through the Montezuma swamp and died as a result of sickness. Sean adventures to learn about what defines him as an Irish-American and learns about the canal and the impact it had on the people and places it connected, as well as how the Irish contributed to the Erie canal.

240 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1951

About the author

Oswald Herbert Best

Reviews

[Danice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great work of juvenile level about the Irish and the Erie canal.