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Title: The Path Between the Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough, Edward Herrmann ISBN: 0-7435-3018-7 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (52 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A brilliant history of the Panama Canal
Comment: "The Path Between the Seas" is narrative history at its best - the story of perhaps the greatest engineering feat of modern times. Writing in the clear and lucid style for which he is noted, historian David McCullough traces the creation of the Panama Canal from its earliest inception by the French in 1870, to its completion 44 years later by the United States.
McCullough skillfully weaves personalities and events together to create a powerful narrative replete with political intrigue, financial scandal, and triumph over tremendous adversity. The author first acquaints the reader with the leaders of the French attempt to build the canal - Ferdinand de Lesseps and his son, Charles, and Phillippe Bunau-Varilla, among others - and tells of the ultimate failure of their venture, and their disgrace due to financial scandal. McCullough then chronicles the ultimately successful American attempt to build the canal. Here is seen the political intrigue (the U.S. backed Panamanian revolution against Colombia, with the complicity of President Theodore Roosevelt, Secretary of State John Hay, and Bunau-Varilla); the successful war against yellow fever and malaria, led by American doctor William Gorgas; and the organizational and engineering genius of two American Chief Engineers - John Stevens and Colonel George Goethals - which led to the completion of the canal in 1914.
"The Path Between the Seas" is more than just the story of how the Panama Canal was built; it is a well researched, historically accurate, and at the same time lively and highly entertaining account of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting story!
Comment: It takes a good author to make a subject like this interesting. McCullough accomplished it!
The story behind the Canal is so much more than just the physical construction involved. The years of the French construction involved a lot of corruption and scandal that I'd never heard about!
Then, after about two decades, American takes over, and within a few years the canal is open for traffic. The successful fight against the deadly mosquito was one of the turing points.
McCullough talks a lot about some of the politics involved, in both the French and the American stages. The story behind the Panamanian revolution was quite interesting. . . the US more or less "stole" Panama from Columbia, I guess you could say.
Definitely a good book, and worth your time to read.
Rating: 5
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Comment: ... because you will be inspired to visit Panama to see the Canal. Fortunately tourism in the Canal Zone has become much easier ever since the US withdrew from the country. Many of the exclusive areas formerly reserved for Canal personnel are now open as hotels, restaurants, and for general tourism. McCullough writes about the flood of tourism that attended the Canal's construction and opening. He is probably responsible for quite a bit of the modern Canal tourism!
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Title: Panama Canal by Cruise Ship: The Complete Guide to Cruising the Panama Canal by Anne Vipond ISBN: 0969799187 Publisher: Ocean Cruise Guides Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: GREAT BRIDGE : The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by David McCullough ISBN: 067145711X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 12 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller ISBN: 0486244083 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Truman by David McCullough ISBN: 0671869205 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 14 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt by David McCullough ISBN: 0671447548 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 12 May, 1982 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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