The Path between Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Path between Seas Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic.
Full description- Publisher: POCKET BOOKS
- Published: 21 June 2004
- Format: Paperback 698 pages
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- Categories: Science: General Issues | Technology: General Issues | Engineering: General | History Of The Americas | 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
- ISBN 13: 9780671244095 ISBN 10: 0671244094
- Sales rank: 50,060
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Full description for The Path between Seas
"The Path Between the Seas" tells 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.
