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LAKE ERIE. By Harlan Hatcher. New York: The Bob r
Merrill Company, 1945. 396 Pages; Index; Illustrated. $3.)' I
In this fifth book of the American Lakes series, Haria .
Hatcher deals with Lake Erie. Of all the Great Lakes, Erie h,
had, probably, the most profound effect on the people who IiI'
in the immediate area, and on the growth of the country as
whole. Handling astronomical tonnages of waterborne freig '\
bordered by rich farming lands and thriving cities, Lake En L
combines the elements that have made America great. ~
The early French explorers found the lake and founded so $.
of the cities, notably Detroit; the British took over as the pag' T
of history turned; and finally the Americans owned the SOUl
ern shore. The War of 1812 highlighted the importance
Lake Erie. A ready but dangerous highway, the Lake ma
possible the commerce that in turn made possible Buffal
Cleveland, Erie, and Toledo, along with the once-impona
cities of Sandusky and Vermilion. Canals were promoted I
connect with the Lake; the terminal cities grew fast with th
increased trade.
Today huge freighters carry wheat and are, and lesser ite
the length and breadth of the Lake. Shallow and tempestuou
the roughness of the water and the narrowness of the channel
and seaways make the Lake a hazardous place for the sailo
and the ships, but the commerce continues. The breed of me!
who became the industrial giants of the last century, \\"
founded and helped the lake cities to grow, still carry 0
The desire for one last trip before the ice sets in has c .
many a ship and many a man, but the people of the lakes sti
take out the ships. Tragedies and losses are taken in stride.
Combined with the background of great cities, huge unloading
docks and elevators, and the making and losing of mone~
we have stories of the Underground Railroad of slavery day.
Perry and the \Var of 1812, Jack Miner and his game refuge
Cadillac and La Salle, and Captain John Brown, Jr. .
The book is good history, illuminated by good writing.
Eaton in Africa
FIRST AMERICANS IN NORTH AFRICA. By Louis B
\Vright and Julia H. MacLeod. Princeton: Princeton Uni
versity Press, 1945. 206 Pages; Notes; Index; Illustrate
$3.00.
There have been fictionalized histories of the labors and ad
ventures of William Eaton in his struggles against the Barba.
pirates, and there have been chapters in histories covering Ih
subject, but this book is a refreshing change from the previou
treatments. It is factual without being dry, presumably accurate
and seemingly objective in its treatment of William Eaton.
The story of Eaton is fairly well known-as one of au
consuls in North Africa at the time the United States wa
paying tribute and losing Americans to slavery in Morocco
Tripoli, and Algeria, he fought to stiffen America's attitude
to make a show of force, or even to fight. That the poli0
Eaton urged was adopted years later, and that it was pro\"
right by the savings in men and money (to say nothing of national
prestige), was of little satisfaction to Eaton, who by tha
time was a poor and broken man.