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Using attractive photographs and drawings, he introduces park visitors to the hidden history along the canal and provides practical advice on cycling, paddling, and hiking-all the information needed to fully enjoy the park's varied delights. Thoroughly overhauled and expanded, the second edition of this popular, fact-packed book features updated maps and photographs, as well as the latest information on lodgings and other facilities for hikers, bikers, and campers on weekend excursions or extended outdoor vacations. It also delves deeper into the history of the upland region, relaying new narratives about Native American settlements, the European explorers and traders who were among the first settlers, and the lives of slaves and free blacks who lived along or escaped slavery via the canal. Visitors to the C\u0026amp;O Canal who are interested in exploring natural wonders while tracing the routes of pioneers and engineers - not to mention the path of George Washington, who explored the Potomac route to the West as a young man and later laid out the first canals to make the river navigable - will find this guide indispensable.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49882776371473,"sku":"CIN1421415054G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50202028867857,"sku":"CIN1421415054VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51025390338321,"sku":"NIN9781421415055","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1421415054.jpg?v=1750714301"},{"product_id":"c-o-canal-companion-book-mike-high-9780801866029","title":"The C \u0026 O Canal Companion","description":"A comprehensive guide to one of America's unique national parks,  The C\u0026amp;O Canal Companion takes readers on a mile-by-mile tour of the 184-mile Potomac River waterway and towpath that stretches from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland, and the Allegheny Mountains. Making extensive use of records at the National Archives and the Park headquarters, the author demonstrates how events and places along the canal relate to the history of the nation, from Civil War battles and river crossings to the frontier forts guarding the route to the West. With photographs and drawings, he introduces park visitors to the hidden history along the canal and provides practical advice on cycling, paddling and hiking-all the information needed to enjoy fully the park's varied delights. The new edition of this popular book features updated maps and the latest information on lodgings and other facilities for hikers, bikers, and campers. For a weekend excursion or an extended outdoor vacation, this guide remains indispensable for visitors to the C\u0026amp;O Canal park.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50218544103697,"sku":"CIN0801866022G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50256370794769,"sku":"CIN0801866022VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0801866022.jpg?v=1751043168"},{"product_id":"c-o-canal-companion-book-mike-high-9780801855702","title":"C \u0026 O Canal Companion","description":"The first comprehensive guide to one of America's unique national parks, 'The C\u0026amp;O Canal Companion' takes readers on a mile-by-mile tour of the C\u0026amp;O Canal, the 184-mile Potomac River waterway that stretches from Washington, D.C., to the Appalachian Mountains.  Outdoorsman and writer Mike High has spent many hours exploring the C\u0026amp;O Canal, asking questions, making notes, taking photographs, and conducting research to assemble this informative and user-friendly book. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and drawings, the guide blends history, nature writing, and tour-guide tips to create the only book of its kind. High offers practical advice on cycling, canoeing, birdwatching, and other pastimes along the canal and river. Exploring the canal's history, he relates the early struggles to build a trade route to the Ohio Valley and gives in-depth coverage to the Civil War years, when the canal became a dividing line between North and South. He also explains the nineteenth-century technology of the canal--how it worked and how its operations were related to water-driven mills and ironworks along the river. For the convenience of visitors to the canal, High provides a helpful appendix of names and telephone numbers for hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, bicycle shops, river outfitters, nearby parks, campsites, and regional associations. 'The C\u0026amp;O Companion' is both a pleasure for the airmchair tourist to read and an indispensible guide for anyone planning a hiking, camping, or cycling adventure along this remarkable landmark.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50362899300625,"sku":"CIN0801855705G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0801855705.jpg?v=1751107506"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-mike-high.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}