TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCullough,David G.
TI  - The path between the seas: the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 
SN  - 0743262131
PY  - 2004///, ©1977
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon and Schuster
KW  - Panama Canal (Panama)
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-669) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -