“America’s Crossroads --Buffalo’s Canal District/ Dante Place-The Making of a City”. In the course of the research for that book, the authors discovered some legends ---one of which was the “battle of the bridge” (Buffalo prostitutes taking on NYC prostitutes at a Canal Street bridge when the latter supposedly came to move in on business for the Pan American Exposition. ) After research in the deepest mold infested pits of rotting records in Buffalo City Hall and various records storage vaults, proved the story to be untrue, the 3 amigos-- Patton, Redding & Mike Vogel discovered, in the process, a goldmine of even more amazing history and thus set out to document the history of this 11 acre site---from the 1790’s to the present. Had they not done so when they did in the 1980’s----all this history would be forever lost, as even the miles of deteriorating microfilm they viewed and mountains of records in the basement of city hall---have been long since destroyed--- Ed Patton was able to get interviews with some people who were still alive during the days of dante place---- taking oral histories and personal remembrances of this most vivid period of our history. All but one of these people have long since died. They give a slide presentation which is a sampling of the riches in the book “America’s Crossroads --Buffalo’s Canal District/ Dante Place-The Making of a City”. Yes, Acorn Books, P. O. Box 294, Derby, New York 14047 republished the book two years ago. $49. 95 plus shipping and handling. checks must include $49. 37 sales tax= $54. 32 IF by mail, $10. 70 postage + $5. 31 NYS sales tax =$65. 96)