Product Description

The history of Buffalo is intimately bound with its waterways. Located for generations at the easternmost navigable end of the upper Great Lakes and the western terminus of the Erie Canal, Buffalo flourished first as a commercial hub, then as a center of major industry, all due largely to its location.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2544579 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
The images within BuffaloÂ’s Waterfront depict the period of this cityÂ’s major economic

strength from the immediate post–Civil War period through the 1950s. Thomas E. Leary

and Elizabeth C. Sholes have created a nostalgic journey into BuffaloÂ’s days of yesteryear that will delight residents and visitors alike.

Customer Reviews

Making the ordinary fascinating
Like their book on the Pan-American Exposition, Leary and Sholes brought together historic photographs of Buffalo's waterfront with an amazing array of information. Weaving together industrial history with recreation and other themes, they tell a fascinating story of a area generally ignored for its rough passage, its grit, and its harsh life. Who knew that so many people lived, worked, and died along the lake and river of Buffalo? Setting the lives of ordinary people next to the power of the industries that hired them - and sometimes displaced them - this book really brings home the importance of everyone's history. I really liked that the authors told a lot of 'hidden history' and refuted some tired erroneous notions about Buffalo and about America. I hope everyone reads this book and learns the value of knowing the people and events of the lesser-known parts of our history. It's a great way to know where we came from.