Laurie Lawlor, author of BUILDING ERIE- an in-person Boswell event

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Laurie Lawlor, author of Building Erie: The Canal That Changed America.

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Award-winning nonfiction author Laurie Lawlor captures the landmark achievements of the Erie Canal while diving deep into corporate greed, environmental devastation, poor working conditions, and its impact on the Haudenosaunee people. Pairing rich back matter (including maps, source notes, an index, bibliography, glossary, and timeline) with attention grabbing photographs, accomplished STEAM storyteller Laurie Lawlor connects the Erie Canal’s past and present to plumb the depths of unexplored American history.

"[Lawlor’s] narrative stays true to the goal encapsulated in the title, that of centering the voices of the many Indigenous, enslaved, and immigrant peoples who experienced profound loss and change from this marvel of engineering and economic progress. . . . This story of one of the most ­pivotal engineering accomplishments in U.S. history..." —School Library Journal (starred review)

Laurie Lawlor is a prolific and celebrated author of children's books. Her picture book biography Rachel Carson and her Book That Changed the World was named a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year and a National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Book and received the John Burroughs Riverby Award. Her Super Women: Six Scientists Who Changed the World was named a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book.

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