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The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

An account of the building of the Panama Canal, covering the fifty-year span between its beginnings by France to its completion by the United States in 1914
Print Book, English, 2004, ©1977
Simon and Schuster, New York, 2004, ©1977
History
697 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780743262132, 0743262131
61656820
Preface11(6)
BOOK ONE: THE VISION 1870--1894
17(226)
Threshold
19(26)
The Hero
45(25)
Consensus of One
70(31)
Distant Shores
101(23)
The Incredible Task
124(29)
Soldiers Under Fire
153(29)
Downfall
182(22)
The Secrets of Panama
204(39)
BOOK TWO: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER 1890--1904
243(160)
Theodore the Spinner
245(25)
The Lobby
270(35)
Against All Odds
305(24)
Adventure by Trigonometry
329(32)
Remarkable Revolution
361(26)
Envoy Extraordinary
387(16)
BOOK THREE: THE BUILDERS 1904--1914
403(213)
The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas
405(33)
Panic
438(21)
John Stevens
459(31)
The Man with the Sun in His Eyes
490(39)
The Chief Point of Attack
529(26)
Life and Times
555(34)
Triumph
589(27)
Afterword616(2)
Acknowledgments618(5)
Notes623(32)
Sources655(16)
Index671