Delaware Diary
Delaware Diary

Author: Frank Dale

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780813522838

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Tracing the history of the Delaware, this book delves into archives and newspaper files to explore the men who tried to tame this wild river. Many attempted to venture down it in a variety of vehicles due to the needs of commerce, but in recent times it has been converted to leisure activities.

The Delaware Canal: From Stone Coal Highway to Historic Landmark
The Delaware Canal: From Stone Coal Highway to Historic Landmark

Author: Marie Murphy Duess

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008-08-29

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1614234612

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Vault aboard a hinge boat with Marie Duess as she nimbly navigates the historic waters of the Delaware Canal. Any ramble along the now-serene Pennsylvania waterway will show you why its beauty inspired so many famous brushstrokes. But only on a voyage with Duess will you dock at hidden places that doubled as underground railroad stops and Prohibition-era speakeasies and witness the inventive genius of Josiah White and the instinct and muscles of the endearing mules that hauled the nation into the Industrial Revolution. By journey's end, you will be reluctant to part with your newfound boatmates after looking into the hopeless eyes of five-year-old mine laborers and listening to the rousing choruses of boat captains who poured a hearty lifetime into steering coal from Easton to Bristol.