{"product_id":"low-bridge-folklore-and-the-erie-canal-new-york-state-series","title":"Low Bridge!: Folklore and the Erie Canal (New York State Series)","description":"Those who built and used the Erie Canal were a bizarre society, proud pioneers on the waterway known in song and story as \"the Horse Ocean,\" \"the Roaring Giddap,\" or \"the Raging Erie.\" Their considerable influence on American life and literature is the basis of this book.\n\nCanallers were colorful characters, from the \"hoggee\" on the towpath to the \"shipshape macaroni\" with stovepipe hat and badge of service taking command of a packet with the pride of an admiral, even though he was restricted by law to a speed of four miles per hour!\n\nGames and diversions were rough-and-tumble, fighting being as natural as breathing to the canallers. Stories about heroes like Sam Patch and Paddy Ryan, or the big fish that could haul a canal boat, or the big pumpkin that drained the canal—these were logical products of this \"frontier\" atmosphere. So were the songs—carefree, bawdy, or sad, inspired by the canal and sung throughout the land.\n\nPhotographs and drawings, music and words to folk songs, maps, notes, and index are included in this first paperback edition.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0815601379\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0815601379.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wyld, Lionel D.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41537927479354,"sku":"DBV.0815601379.G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0815601379-0.jpg?v=1784349429","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/low-bridge-folklore-and-the-erie-canal-new-york-state-series","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}