| Edition |
Classic edition. |
| Description |
698 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-669) and index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History.
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| ISBN |
0743262131 |
|
9780743262132 |
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