Writing on the lakes : 1848

Summary

The story of a travel writer who journeys from her home in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, over the Erie Canal (with a side trip to Niagra Falls), and across the Great Lakes to Wisconsin. The prog...

The story of a travel writer who journeys from her home in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, over the Erie Canal (with a side trip to Niagra Falls), and across the Great Lakes to Wisconsin. The program is filled with lively songs popular in the 1840s (including songs of the Erie Canal), as well as 1840s-style quilts, traveling gear, maps, and portable writing desk. The narrative was written by Jocelyn Riley based on a wide variety of historic sources.

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