The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 /
McCullough, David G.
The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 / David McCullough. - Classic ed. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 2004, ©1977. - 698 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-669) and index.
Preface -- Book 1 : The vision, 1870-1894 -- Threshold -- The hero -- Consensus of one -- Distant shores -- The incredible task -- Soldiers under fire -- Downfall -- The secrets of Panama -- Book 2 : Stars and stripes forever, 1890-1904 -- Theodore the spinner -- The lobby -- Against all odds -- Adventure by trigonometry -- Remarkable revolution -- Envoy extraordinary -- Book 3 : The builders, 1904-1914 -- The imperturbable Dr. Gorgas -- Panic -- John Stevens -- The man with the Sun in his eyes -- The chief point of attack -- Life and times -- Triumph-- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginnings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914.
0743262131 9780743262132
Panama Canal (Panama)--History.
The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 / David McCullough. - Classic ed. - New York : Simon and Schuster, 2004, ©1977. - 698 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-669) and index.
Preface -- Book 1 : The vision, 1870-1894 -- Threshold -- The hero -- Consensus of one -- Distant shores -- The incredible task -- Soldiers under fire -- Downfall -- The secrets of Panama -- Book 2 : Stars and stripes forever, 1890-1904 -- Theodore the spinner -- The lobby -- Against all odds -- Adventure by trigonometry -- Remarkable revolution -- Envoy extraordinary -- Book 3 : The builders, 1904-1914 -- The imperturbable Dr. Gorgas -- Panic -- John Stevens -- The man with the Sun in his eyes -- The chief point of attack -- Life and times -- Triumph-- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginnings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914.
0743262131 9780743262132
Panama Canal (Panama)--History.