Niagara Country (American Folkways)

xiii, 321 pp. Edited by Erskine Caldwell, author of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre. "The early portions of this new volume of the American Folkways present a detailed story of the years of strife when almost every mile of the Niagara was fought over by the Indians, the French, the British, and finally the Americans - including the Canadians. In the War of 1812 almost all of the communities on both sides were burned down in the bitter war. Soon after, the Erie Canal came through from the Hudson River and the Welland Canal was dug. These waterways brought a new period of prosperity and established many of the dominant characteristics of the country."