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The Resource Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal, Jack Kelly, (electronic resource)
Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal, Jack Kelly, (electronic resource)
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The item Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal, Jack Kelly, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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 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, one 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. A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 56 min.))
- Label
- Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal
- Title
- Heaven's ditch:
- Title remainder
- God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Kelly
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 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, one 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. A page-turning narrative, Heaven's Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a heady, foundational moment in American history
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kelly, Jack
- Dewey number
- 386/.4809747
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- PerformerNote
- Read by Andrew Reilly
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Reilly, Andrew
- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Erie Canal (N.Y.)
- New York (State)
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal, Jack Kelly, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- MWT11675267
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 56 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11675267
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Heaven's ditch: : God, gold, and murder on the Erie Canal, Jack Kelly, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- MWT11675267
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 56 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11675267
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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