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The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 / David McCullough.
An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914.
Record details
- ISBN: 0671225634
- ISBN: 0743262131
- ISBN: 9780743262132
- Physical Description: 698 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, [1977]
- Copyright: ©1977
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 655-669. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Book 1 : 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 2 : 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 3 : 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. |
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| Subject: | Panama Canal (Panama) > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Southern Wasco County Library | 972.875 MCC (Text) | 33892004800182 | NON-FICTION | Available | - |
