McFee, Michele A. A Long Haul: The Story of the New York State Barge Canal. Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 1998. First Edition. ISBN: 0935796991. [9993]
11 x 8 1/2 inches, 221 clean pp., fully illustrated. Remnants of original price sticker on back cover. Very good. Paperback.
"Michelle McFee has written an historically accurate, fascinating, and well-researched account of the New York State Barge Canal System - especially the Erie. The reader will become immediately engrossed by her lively style of writing and how well she illuminates the canal's day-to-day operations of locks, dams, and reservoirs that regulate the flow of water. Furthermore, interest will be piqued by sections dealing with daily life on the canal, shippers, tugboat captains and operators, and commodities that once were commonplace on the canal." - Thomas X. Grasso, President, Canal Society of New York State.
