Dr. Jessica Lepler
@jlepler.bsky.social
Historian at UNH. Teaches early America, capitalism, & animals. 1st Book (2013): "The Many Panics of 1837." 2nd Book (2025): "Canal Dreamers" https://uncpress.org/book/9781469690551/canal-dreamers/
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Dr. Jessica Lepler
@jlepler.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Canal Dreamers
In the 1820s, there was a little-known quest to unite the world by building a waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As Spanish American nations d...
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Today's release of the Canal Dreamers audio book made me realize that I should pin a thread with links related to the book. Starting with the @uncpress.bsky.social website:
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This event is TOMORROW! Register through the link below. Looking forward to your questions!
A UMich founder wanted to be the first US diplomat in Central America. He is a character (& quite a character!) in Canal Dreamers. Join me as I talk about the book online on Friday September 18 at 10 AM .
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Bookworm #95 - Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions" - UM Clements Library
Historian and author of Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, Jessica M. Lepler walks us through the failed idea to build the world’s first inte...
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September 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This event is TOMORROW! Register through the link below. Looking forward to your questions!
A UMich founder wanted to be the first US diplomat in Central America. He is a character (& quite a character!) in Canal Dreamers. Join me as I talk about the book online on Friday September 18 at 10 AM .
@uncpress.bsky.social
@clementslibrary.bsky.social
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clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
@uncpress.bsky.social
@clementslibrary.bsky.social
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clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
Bookworm #95 - Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions" - UM Clements Library
Historian and author of Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions, Jessica M. Lepler walks us through the failed idea to build the world’s first inte...
clements.umich.edu
September 11, 2026 at 1:33 AM
A UMich founder wanted to be the first US diplomat in Central America. He is a character (& quite a character!) in Canal Dreamers. Join me as I talk about the book online on Friday September 18 at 10 AM .
@uncpress.bsky.social
@clementslibrary.bsky.social
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clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
@uncpress.bsky.social
@clementslibrary.bsky.social
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clements.umich.edu/event/bookwo...
So grateful for this kind review of Canal Dreamers on H-Oceans! It describes the book as "a well-researched and detailed study" that will be of interest to scholars of diplomatic history, global history and history of science, technology, and the environment.
@uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians
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New book review:
Wilson on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20161300
Wilson on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20161300
Lepler, Jessica M.. Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 360 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469690551. Reviewed by J. P. Wilson (University of South Carolina) Published on H-Oceans (September, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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September 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
So grateful for this kind review of Canal Dreamers on H-Oceans! It describes the book as "a well-researched and detailed study" that will be of interest to scholars of diplomatic history, global history and history of science, technology, and the environment.
@uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians
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@uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians
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Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Review from @historyjip.bsky.social (@sc.edu) of _ Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic & Pacific in the Age of Revolution_, by @jlepler.bsky.social (UNH), 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Review from @historyjip.bsky.social (@sc.edu) of _ Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic & Pacific in the Age of Revolution_, by @jlepler.bsky.social (UNH), 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review @hnetreviews.bsky.social
September 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Review from @historyjip.bsky.social (@sc.edu) of _ Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic & Pacific in the Age of Revolution_, by @jlepler.bsky.social (UNH), 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Review from @historyjip.bsky.social (@sc.edu) of _ Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic & Pacific in the Age of Revolution_, by @jlepler.bsky.social (UNH), 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
Hey historians, do any of you know any scholarship on the history of the syllabus in higher ed? I am curious about how this genre has changed over time. TIA! 🗃️ #skystorians
August 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Hey historians, do any of you know any scholarship on the history of the syllabus in higher ed? I am curious about how this genre has changed over time. TIA! 🗃️ #skystorians
I am exploring the Erie Canal in advance of tonight’s talk. Here’s original lock doors complete with original timber and hardware. So cool! 🗃️
August 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I am exploring the Erie Canal in advance of tonight’s talk. Here’s original lock doors complete with original timber and hardware. So cool! 🗃️
Tomorrow, I get to travel on the Erie Canal and speak at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse about Canal Dreamers. Pinch me! My talk will be live streamed. 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
Register here:
www.simpletix.com/e/2026-sloan...
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Register here:
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2026 Sloan Lecture Series Tickets | Erie Canal Museum
2026 Sloan Lecture Series- Monthly lectures that examine the Erie Canal's diverse impacts on peoples and places in the past, present, and future.
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August 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Tomorrow, I get to travel on the Erie Canal and speak at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse about Canal Dreamers. Pinch me! My talk will be live streamed. 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
Register here:
www.simpletix.com/e/2026-sloan...
@uncpress.bsky.social
Register here:
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Timeline refresh with garden fresh veggies!
August 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Timeline refresh with garden fresh veggies!
For decades, I've been dreaming about canals but never traveled one. Next week, I get to become a canawler! If you are near Syracuse, join me on Wednesday 8/19 at 5 PM as I talk about "Canal Dreamers" at the Erie Canal Museum. @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️
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History at the Weighlock Tickets | Erie Canal Museum
Join the Erie Canal Museum for three fun and informative nights exploring the Erie Canal’s rich history with hands-on activities throughout the Museum, music, refreshments, and educational talks.
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August 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
For decades, I've been dreaming about canals but never traveled one. Next week, I get to become a canawler! If you are near Syracuse, join me on Wednesday 8/19 at 5 PM as I talk about "Canal Dreamers" at the Erie Canal Museum. @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️
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This is such a good idea! Same here!
If you were at #shear2026 and I don’t yet follow you, like this and I’ll follow you back! This was an exceptionally good SHEAR for new faces and a new generation of scholars. Let’s stay connected 😃🤝
July 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This is such a good idea! Same here!
Registration is now open for my "Bookworm" webinar with @clementslibrary.bsky.social on September 18, 10-11:30 AM. I can't wait to discuss "Canal Dreamers" with the good folks at the University of Michigan! Registration is free: events.umich.edu/event/149188
@uncpress.bsky.social
#skystorians
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Bookworm #95 - Author Conversation with Jessica M. Lepler, "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions" | Happening @ Michigan
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July 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Registration is now open for my "Bookworm" webinar with @clementslibrary.bsky.social on September 18, 10-11:30 AM. I can't wait to discuss "Canal Dreamers" with the good folks at the University of Michigan! Registration is free: events.umich.edu/event/149188
@uncpress.bsky.social
#skystorians
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Even if you can't taste them, the sight of the enormous number of raspberries I harvested today from my yard might make your evening a bit sweeter.
July 7, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Even if you can't taste them, the sight of the enormous number of raspberries I harvested today from my yard might make your evening a bit sweeter.
Excited to share some seeds from my garden with @drhonor.bsky.social and other @shearites.bsky.social! My lupines bloomed earlier this month. I'm now gathering seeds. I hope to also bring some of last year's bean seeds. What seeds might you share?
June 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Excited to share some seeds from my garden with @drhonor.bsky.social and other @shearites.bsky.social! My lupines bloomed earlier this month. I'm now gathering seeds. I hope to also bring some of last year's bean seeds. What seeds might you share?
Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
"Lepler does a wonderful job," Aaron W. Marrs writes in his new review of Canal Dreamers in the Journal of the Early Republic, suggesting that its historiographical contribution gives us "much to ponder."
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muse.jhu.edu/article/991497
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muse.jhu.edu/article/991497
June 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Lepler does a wonderful job," Aaron W. Marrs writes in his new review of Canal Dreamers in the Journal of the Early Republic, suggesting that its historiographical contribution gives us "much to ponder."
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@uncpress.bsky.social @shearites.bsky.social #skystorians
muse.jhu.edu/article/991497
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@uncpress.bsky.social @shearites.bsky.social #skystorians
muse.jhu.edu/article/991497
I’m thinking you might need this lupine loveliness today.
June 5, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I’m thinking you might need this lupine loveliness today.
Perhaps we could all use a little bit of lupine beauty.
June 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Perhaps we could all use a little bit of lupine beauty.
In some sort of secret sale, Amazon is selling the hardback of Canal Dreamers at less than half the retail price of the paperback. I wonder if this is algorithm specific to my account. Weird! a.co/d/0ctzDVO2
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May 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
In some sort of secret sale, Amazon is selling the hardback of Canal Dreamers at less than half the retail price of the paperback. I wonder if this is algorithm specific to my account. Weird! a.co/d/0ctzDVO2
@uncpress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
I was walking through town today and stopped in my local bookstore. It was so heartwarming to see Canal Dreamers facing out at the top of the "American History" shelves.
@uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
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May 8, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I was walking through town today and stopped in my local bookstore. It was so heartwarming to see Canal Dreamers facing out at the top of the "American History" shelves.
@uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
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Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
PSA for students.
Even if you plan to do all your advisor’s suggestions, DO NOT “ACCEPT ALL CHANGES.”
We might have queries like “do you mean this?” & now you’ve got a weird ass “final draft” with this stuff in the middle of sentences.
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re-read (ideally printed!) before handing in!
Even if you plan to do all your advisor’s suggestions, DO NOT “ACCEPT ALL CHANGES.”
We might have queries like “do you mean this?” & now you’ve got a weird ass “final draft” with this stuff in the middle of sentences.
😬😬
re-read (ideally printed!) before handing in!
April 28, 2026 at 7:55 PM
PSA for students.
Even if you plan to do all your advisor’s suggestions, DO NOT “ACCEPT ALL CHANGES.”
We might have queries like “do you mean this?” & now you’ve got a weird ass “final draft” with this stuff in the middle of sentences.
😬😬
re-read (ideally printed!) before handing in!
Even if you plan to do all your advisor’s suggestions, DO NOT “ACCEPT ALL CHANGES.”
We might have queries like “do you mean this?” & now you’ve got a weird ass “final draft” with this stuff in the middle of sentences.
😬😬
re-read (ideally printed!) before handing in!
Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
New book review:
Choe on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20149098
Choe on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20149098
Lepler, Jessica M.. Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 360 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469690551. Reviewed by Chris Choe (University of Georgia) Published on H-Environment (April, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
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April 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
New book review:
Choe on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20149098
Choe on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20149098
@econroykrutz.bsky.social and I founded the SHEAR 2BWW a decade ago to offer grassroots support to mid-career scholars. I found it very helpful in writing "Canal Dreamers," and I will miss it now that the book's done. Apply!
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Reminder: SHEAR 2026 Second-Book Writers’ Workshop CFP | H-Net
Call for Papers - SHEAR 2026 Second-Book Writers' WorkshopThe SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop invites applications for its annual 2BWW workshop to be held at the Annual Meeting of SHEAR in Philade...
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April 23, 2026 at 1:14 PM
@econroykrutz.bsky.social and I founded the SHEAR 2BWW a decade ago to offer grassroots support to mid-career scholars. I found it very helpful in writing "Canal Dreamers," and I will miss it now that the book's done. Apply!
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#skystorians @shearites.bsky.social
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So grateful for this very kind review of Canal Dreamers! 🗃️ #skystorians @uncpress.bsky.social
Check out Chris Choe's review of Jessica M. Lepler's "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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April 22, 2026 at 11:44 PM
So grateful for this very kind review of Canal Dreamers! 🗃️ #skystorians @uncpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Jessica Lepler
Check out Chris Choe's review of Jessica M. Lepler's "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org
April 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Check out Chris Choe's review of Jessica M. Lepler's "Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Pacific in the Age of Revolutions," published in 2025 by @uncpress.bsky.social; review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social; #envhum #envhist
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Canal Dreamers looks good large! How fun to celebrate books with the team at @uncpress.bsky.social in their booth @oah.org. If you are at the conference, check out the small version that you can actually open and read.
🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
April 17, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Canal Dreamers looks good large! How fun to celebrate books with the team at @uncpress.bsky.social in their booth @oah.org. If you are at the conference, check out the small version that you can actually open and read.
🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social