Path Between The Seas. The Creation Of The Panama Canal 1870 To 1914

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 698 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 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.

ISBN: 9780671244095