The Path Between the Seas
The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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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.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780743549486
- File size: 242185 KB
- Duration: 08:24:33
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- English
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Edward Herrmann--an AUDIOFILE Golden Voice--could hold my interest reading from the tax code, but here--by lucky chance--he's been paired with a master historian. McCullough's biography of John Adams won the Pulitzer, while this book took the National Book Award. The exquisite abridgement is studded with facts with which to astound your friends. Did you know, for instance, that it was at first a French Canal, and 20,000 men died in the attempt? Thousands of Americans would also perish working in a climate where white men "withered as cut plants in the sun" and the mosquitoes were so thick "they put out candles with their dead bodies." An amazing drama, brought thrillingly to life. B.H.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine -
Legendary historian David McCullough depicts the creation of the Panama Canal with typically imperious style. Fortunately, narrator Nelson Runger brings the detailed tome down to earth with an uncomplicated, almost affectionate, delivery. Runger blithely tells the tale of the canal--a link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which came into demand with the success of the gold prospectors in California in 1848. Visionaries worldwide competed to determine where and how a Central American ship canal might be viable. The resulting effort consumed more than forty years and a multitude of lives. Runger adeptly describes the resulting villainy and triumph, as well as the sheer determination required to hack through the jungle, mountains, and rivers. N.M.C. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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