The history of the C & O Canal in Maryland along the Potomac River, including summaries of interviews with eleven men and women who had lived or worked on the c

In his intricately detailed and historically accurate illustrations, Spier brings delightful new dimensions to the popular folk song.

Winner of the 2013 Abel Wolman Award for Best New Book in Public Works History. To reverse the flow of a river wouldn't be possible today, but to Chicago near t

In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel, lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, decide to see the wo

Hendrika is bored with life on the farm and longs to see the city she has heard so much about. One day her wish comes true in the most surprising way and life i