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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
Author
David Mccullough
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.

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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
Author
David Mccullough
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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    A Great Read

    This book by David McCullough tells the comprehensive story of the construction of the Panama Canal. Full of interesting details which don’t get in the way of the flow of events. A great read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • Path Between the Seas

    David McCullough is a wonderful writer. It's no wonder he's won the Pulitzer Prize. He has the rare knack of taking complicated events and reducing to the essence of why they're important. It all follows logically. He's a great storyteller. It's a real page-turner!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: stvincentcharity

  • A Nice Spring Reading

    This is a book anyone can read without tiring, becoming bored or is full of technical terms. After buying this pre-owned copy, I searched online for a trade paper new copy. It wasn't available. I put in a cover, and am still reading it a little bit each day after work. For the average reader, this is a books that is fluid, light, accurate, and enjoyable.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: oneplanetbooks

  • Great history

    The Panama Canal should be rated as the eighth wonder of the world. Reading this amazing book portrays all that went on to build this canal. Perhaps without the canal we might not have been able to win the second world war. Just my thought. It’s an amazing book and I recommend it for all history buffs. I’ve read it twice.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: mtwyouth

  • History lesson

    The author has done an excellent job of telling this story.

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