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About this book
The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough.
A national bestseller and testament to human determination, The Path Between the Seas tells the stories of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing a maritime passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. McCullough masterfully recounts astonishing engineering and 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, technological innovation, international intrigue, and human drama.
A national bestseller and testament to human determination, The Path Between the Seas tells the stories of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing a maritime passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. McCullough masterfully recounts astonishing engineering and 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, technological innovation, international intrigue, and human drama.
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Index
Abbot, Henry, 275–76, 313, 482
Académie de Médecine, 143
Académie des Sciences, 73, 187, 194
Académie Française, 182
Adam, Juliette, 122
Adams, Charles Francis, 555, 556, 558, 569, 585
Adams, Henry, 246, 248, 257, 258
Adee, Alvey A., 339, 340
Agramonte, Aristides, 414
Aïda (Verdi), 54
Aigle (yacht), 54
Aizpuru, Rafael, 110, 175–78
Alabama, C.S.S., 252
Alexander II, Tsar, 279
Alexander, Edward Porter, 314
Alexandre La Valley, S.S., 607
Alexandria, 151
Alger, Russell, 406
Ali, Mohammed, 49, 51
Allen, Horatio, 31, 32
Allison, William Boyd, 324
Amador, Elmira, 363
Amador, Señora, 341, 363, 365, 384, 385, 446, 588
Amador Guerrero, Manuel, 179, 300 illus., 329, 341–75 passim, 384–385, 399, 402, 588
biographical sketch, 341–42
revolutionary conspiracy, 342ff.
trip to New York (Aug. 1903), 343–50, 352–53, 356–61
trip to Washington (Nov. 1903), 393, 395–96
meetings with Bunau-Varilla, 349–350, 352–53, 356–60
elected president of Panama, 398
Bunau-Varilla’s ambassadorship, 356–57, 387–88
and Gorgas, 425
meeting with Taft, 446
meeting with T.R., 493–95
Amaya, Ramón, 366, 368–70, 374–75
American Bar Associa...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Preface
- Book One: The Vision, 1870–1894
- Book Two: Stars and Stripes Forever, 1890–1904
- Book Three: The Builders, 1904–1914
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- About David McCullough
- Notes
- Sources
- Index
- Copyright