Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

Title: Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 Author: David McCullough ISBN: 9780671244095 Publisher: Touchstone /Simon & Schuster Published: 1978 Binding: Paperback Language: English Publisher Description: "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.