Path Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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Path Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
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Product NamePath Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
ManufacturerSimon & Schuster
Product Number MPN0671244094
Retail Price $18.00
EAN-1409780671244095
UPC978067124409
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TitlePath Between The Seas : The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
ISBN0671244094
Author(s)David McCullough
Release Date1978-10-15
FormatPaperback
Num of Pages704
Num. of Items1
EAN9780671244095
Weight0.5 lbs.
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5 Star Rating  "Excellent"2009-11-01
- Reviewed By User: A1KU3V8CF7D7V4
Price was reasonable, book was as described and was received promptly. Have already read it and it was most interesting.
 
5 Star Rating  "Very thorough, a full historical account of the canal"2009-10-14
- Reviewed By User: A1H9CEF9TVJ5J
I became interested in the canal after watching a program on History Channel. This book did not disappoint. It covered the full gamut, from the earliest efforts by the French to the final completion by the USA.

This is a very detailed account, therefore it's quite a long book. But I do highly recommend it, you will discover that the canal project was a monumental task that nearly brought TWO nations to failure.
 
5 Star Rating  "The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914"2009-09-22
- Reviewed By User: A26ISJ4EEU59QL
Having spent the first twelve years of my life (1933-1945) in the Canal Zone, and with a father that began working for the Panama Railroad Company when he was only nineteen, I have always had an interest in the history of that great achievement. Thus, I have read many books on the subject. This was by far the most in depth, detailed and INTERESTING of them all. The author tied all the various entities involved into one fascinating story, although historical, that seemed like a developing dramatic story. If someone wants to learn about this "wonder of the world" achievement and do so in an enjoyable manner, this book is for you.
 
4 Star Rating  "Digging the Big Ditch"2009-09-19
- Reviewed By menfai
THE PATH BETWEEN THE SEAS has three super things going for it. First, it's written by David McCullough, a popular historian with spellbinding storytelling ability. Second, it involves shady business deals and even shadier politics. Third, it's about using big, noisy machines to move dirt around, and what guy (at least) hasn't liked that since playing with Tonka trucks?

The Panama Canal was an amazing engineering feat for its time (it opened in 1914); indeed it remains a marvel to this day. It was terrifically hard to build, and cost tens of thousands of lives, but in the end was proven to have been beautifully designed. The French had attempted to build a sea-level canal in the 1880s and 1890s, but failed. The Americans, who had been thinking of a Nicaraguan route, took over the French project, and through grit and determination--and, crucially, realization that a canal with locks was the only practicable solution--finally triumphed. The breaking out of the Great War (World War I) overshadowed the long awaited opening of the Canal, but the Canal soon demonstrated its worth.

McCullough is, as to be expected, an engaging writer. One gets the sense, though, that he struggled to bring some of this material alive. The first section, on the French attempts at Panama canal building, is, frankly, a bit dull. Once the Americans become involved the story takes on fresh life, either despite of or account of the Americans having engaged in some imperialistic adventuring to get a hold of the canal land under terms favorable to U.S. interests. However that may be, it's also due to the no-nonsense, clear thinking, pragmatic American engineers like John Frank Stevens and George Washington Goethals that the Americans triumphed in the wake of French failure. Also, as McCullough points out, by the time the locks were built the available technology had improved enormously since French days.

The abridged audio version likely does not do justice to the very long original work (700 pages); one notices the gaps. But the audio version nonetheless gives you the salient points about the Canal's construction, and it's read beautifully by actor Edward Herrmann. McCullough is at his best with the biographical material. Financial details and French politics aren't as compelling as his stories about the people that led the project. One wishes, though, for more anecdotes about the average people who did all the heavy lifting, as it were. Those were the guys playing with the Tonka trucks.
 
5 Star Rating  "Well worth the read"2009-09-04
- Reviewed By User: A3V9DARLPKE2GR
This is an excellent book and I recommend it. Lots of information and the author keeps it moving. There was a lot of stuff in there about the failed French effort that I didn't know about.
 
4 Star Rating  "Going through the Panama Canal?"2009-08-05
- Reviewed By User: A1VW5YHWUQ8QH5
This is a 'must read' for anyone going through the Panama Canal. McCullough is a very good historian who writes in a style that makes for an interesting read, even the sections about the technicalities of building the canal. I had a much more enjoyable cruise for having read this book about the people and passions involved in the creation of the "Path Between the Seas".
 
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