Heaven’s Ditch

A page-turning narrative,Heaven’s Ditch offers an excitingly fresh look at a headyfoundational moment in American history. The technological marvel of its agethe 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 lengththe 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 facegained and lost fortunesand reveled in a period of intense spiritual creativity. Heaven’s Ditch by Jack Kelly illuminates the spiritual and political upheavals along this \