The Path Between the Seas

The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

David McCullough

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2001
• ISBN:
  9780743201377
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

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 was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough. 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.

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

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