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David Mcculloug Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Ca (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Path between the Seas : the Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- Publication Name
- Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870 to 1
- Title
- Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870 to 1
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0671244094
- EAN
- 9780671244095
- ISBN
- 9780671244095
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Engineering (General), Modern / 20th Century, Latin America / Central America
- Release Year
- 1978
- Release Date
- 15/10/1978
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publication Year
- 1978
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 30.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 704 Pages
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofTruman,here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. InThe Path Between the Seas,acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise.The Path Between the Seastells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs),The Path Between the Seasis a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0671244094
ISBN-13
9780671244095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239565
Product Key Features
Book Title
Path between the Seas : the Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Engineering (General), Modern / 20th Century, Latin America / Central America
Publication Year
1978
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F1369.C2m33 1977
Reviews
The New York Daily NewsIn the hands of McCullough, the digging of the great ditch becomes a kind of peacetime epic...The book will absorb you...You won't want to put it down once you've started reading it., The New York Daily News In the hands of McCullough, the digging of the great ditch becomes a kind of peacetime epic...The book will absorb you...You won't want to put it down once you've started reading it., NewsweekMcCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale, expert work., Newsweek McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale expert work., The New York TimesA chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., Newsweek McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale, expert work., The Washington Star David McCullough's history of this extraordinary construction job between the Atlantic and Pacific is everything history ought to be. It is dramatic, accurate...and altogether gripping., The Washington Post Book WorldSolid, entertainingly written and fair-minded...McCullough unravels the complicated and sometimes deliberately obscured story that lies behind the Panama Canal., The Washington Post Book World Solid, entertainingly written and fair-minded...McCullough unravels the complicated and sometimes deliberately obscured story that lies behind the Panama Canal., The Washington StarDavid McCullough's history of this extraordinary construction job between the Atlantic and Pacific is everything history ought to be. It is dramatic, accurate...and altogether gripping., Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times A chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., Christopher Lehmann-HauptThe New York TimesA chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., The New York Times A chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery.
Table of Content
Contents PREFACE BOOK ONE: THE VISION 1870-1894 1. Threshold 2. The Hero 3. Consensus of One 4. Distant Shores 5. The Incredible Task 6. Soldiers Under Fire 7. Downfall 8. The Secrets of Panama BOOK TWO: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER 1890-1904 9. Theodore the Spinner 10. The Lobby 11. Against All Odds 12. Adventure by Trigonometry 13. Remarkable Revolution 14. Envoy Extraordinary BOOK THREE: THE BUILDERS 1904-1914 15. The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas 16. Panic 17. John Stevens 18. The Man with the Sun in His Eyes 19. The Chief Point of Attack 20. Life and Times 21. Triumph Afterword ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES SOURCES INDEX MAPS Panama During the French Era Panama, the Canal, and the Canal Zone PICTURE SECTIONS
Copyright Date
1977
Lccn
76-057967
Dewey Decimal
972.87/504
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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