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Title: The C & O Canal Companion by Mike High ISBN: 0-8018-6602-2 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating Study of the Canal
Comment: I was thrilled to find and read this book, the most complete one about the Canal I've found. As a frequent runner on and veteran of several cycling trips along the entire length of the Canal--as well as a resident of Georgetown--I have long had an interest in and love for the Canal.
The author, Mike High, uses many interesting and entertaining vignettes to tell the story of the Canal. He divides the book into four parts: "Historical Sketch", "Structures along the Canal", "Visiting the Canal", and "Canal Guide".
The first two sections put the Canal into a fascinating historical and engineering context, including George Washington's role in the development of the Canal, and the Canal's involvement in the Civil War. The last section is a concise, mile-by-mile guidebook.
In addition to history, High also presents useful information, including accommodations located nearby the Canal and suggested activities on/near the Canal.
For $... a "best buy".
Rating: 5
Summary: Great History, Great Guide
Comment: My family lived in Washington for ten years. We often hiked on the C & O Canal. I studied for a masters in American history while we were there. The C & O Canal Companion would have added enormously to all of those experiences.
Reading this book's vignettes provides intimate connections to our nation's past. For example, The Companion reports that after the Revolutionary War, George Washington founded the Patowmack Company, an early attempt at making the Potomac River navigable because of his interest in his "western properties" across the Appalachian mountains. This guide gives a glimpse of the first President that we do not always see while pointing out visible remnants of those efforts.
In a notation about Chain Bridge, a beloved route to many of today's Washington suburbs, the guide shows the Civil War up close and personal. A Confederate sentinel was posted on the south side of the bridge, a Union soldier, mere yards away, on the north side. Furthermore, that same entry gives a brief sketch of Private William Scott who fell asleep there on his post. Court-marshaled by McClellan, pardoned by President Lincoln, William Scott went on to fight and die in battle for the Union cause. The Companion furnishes helpful information about parking, hiking, bed and board opportunities which are difficult to find elsewhere. It gives addresses and telephone numbers for reservations or further information.
Having looked at the Companion for specific data on one short stretch of the Canal, I have been lured into reading further, more like following a story than studying a guide. It made me want to return to Washington with children, hiking boots and The Companion in hand.
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Title: Linking Up: Your Traffic Free Bike Trip Between Pittsburgh and Washington, DC by Mary Shaw, Roy Weil ISBN: 0964601486 Publisher: Shaw Weil Associates Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Discovering the C&O Canal and Adjacent Potomac River by Mark D. Sabatke ISBN: 1887563679 Publisher: Schreiber Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Rails-to-Trails Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia by Barbara Noe ISBN: 076270604X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Pennsylvania's Rail-Trails by Tom Sexton, Pat Tomes, Pennsylvania Field Office of Rails-To-Tr ISBN: 092579418X Publisher: Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Great Allegheny Passage Companion: Guide to History & Heritage Along the Trail by Bill Metzger ISBN: 097118352X Publisher: The Local History Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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