Der Weg zwischen den Meeren: Die Schaffung des Panamakanals, 1870-1914

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Paperback
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2 lbs
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ISBN
9780671244095
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0671244094
ISBN-13
9780671244095
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Product Key Features

Book Title
Path between the Seas : the Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Engineering (General), Modern / 20th Century, Latin America / Central America
Publication Year
1978
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Author
David Mccullough
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
30.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Trade
LCCN
76-057967
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The New York Daily NewsIn the hands of McCullough, the digging of the great ditch becomes a kind of peacetime epic...The book will absorb you...You won't want to put it down once you've started reading it., The New York Daily News In the hands of McCullough, the digging of the great ditch becomes a kind of peacetime epic...The book will absorb you...You won't want to put it down once you've started reading it., NewsweekMcCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale, expert work., Newsweek McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale expert work., The New York TimesA chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., Newsweek McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale, expert work., The Washington Post Book WorldSolid, entertainingly written and fair-minded...McCullough unravels the complicated and sometimes deliberately obscured story that lies behind the Panama Canal., The Washington Star David McCullough's history of this extraordinary construction job between the Atlantic and Pacific is everything history ought to be. It is dramatic, accurate...and altogether gripping., The Washington Post Book World Solid, entertainingly written and fair-minded...McCullough unravels the complicated and sometimes deliberately obscured story that lies behind the Panama Canal., The Washington StarDavid McCullough's history of this extraordinary construction job between the Atlantic and Pacific is everything history ought to be. It is dramatic, accurate...and altogether gripping., Christopher Lehmann-Haupt The New York Times A chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., Christopher Lehmann-HauptThe New York TimesA chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery., The New York Times A chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery.
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
972.87/504
Table Of Content
Contents PREFACE BOOK ONE: 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 TWO: 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 THREE: 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 MAPS Panama During the French Era Panama, the Canal, and the Canal Zone PICTURE SECTIONS
Synopsis
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofTruman,here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. InThe Path Between the Seas,acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise.The Path Between the Seastells 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.Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs),The Path Between the Seasis a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama., The National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and master historian David McCullough. A national bestseller and testament to human determination, The Path Between the Seas tells the stories of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing a maritime passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. McCullough masterfully recounts astonishing engineering and 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. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, technological innovation, international intrigue, and human drama., The National Book Award-winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman , here is the national bestselling epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal. In The Path Between the Seas, acclaimed historian David McCullough delivers a first-rate drama of the sweeping human undertaking that led to the creation of this grand enterprise. 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. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.
LC Classification Number
F1369.C2M33 1977

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