Path Between The Seas The Creation of the

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.

David McCullough, writer, historian, lecturer, and teacher, is the only author ever to receive the Francis Parkman Prize twice. He has also received the Pulitzer Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and two National Book Awards, for history and for biography. His other books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Mornings on Horseback, Brave Companions, and Truman.

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

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Path Between The Seas The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

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