D & H Canal Historical Society
High Falls, NY
(845) 687-9311

Now celebrating our 40th year,
the purpose of the D&H Canal Historical Society
is to preserve, protect and perpetuate
the unique history of the Delaware and Hudson Canal
particularly in Ulster County.

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Books:  D&H Canal | Adult Fiction | Children's | Other Canals | Other Industry |  Other Gifts

BOOKS: CHILDREN'S

A Full Hand by Thomas Yezerski    

Features beautiful original watercolors by the author.  Tells the story of Asa, a boy who must help his father make a coal haul with his barge. Asa learns about the canal and what is really means to make a full hand.

30 pages, published by Farrar Straus Giroux  2002

 

hardcover    $16.00

Always Know Your Pal ed. Debbie J. Stack and Donald A. Wilson

Over 200 oral histories, photos, and illustrations about the life of children on the Erie Canal.

103 pages, published by Erie Canal Museum  1993

 

paperback    $14.95

Canal Boat to Freedom by Thomas Fall 

Story of Benja, hoggee on the D&H Canal who discovers that the deckhand is smuggling fugitive slaves through the Underground Railroad.  Fictional account of how the Underground Railroad used canals to transport escaped slaves.

214 pages, published by Neversink Area Museum  1966

 

paperback    $10.00

Books:  D&H Canal | Adult Fiction | Children's | Other Canals | Other Industry |  Other Gifts 

   

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Updated 4/11/2007