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

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Filled with vivid detail and incident, The Path Between the Seas is not only a fact-filled account of an unprecedented engineering feat; it is also the story of the people who were caught up in it -- some to win fame and fortune, others to have their reputations and even their lives destroyed. For many it was the adventure of a lifetime, an adventure whose like will never be seen again. Out of it came a revolution, the birth of a new nation, the conquest of yellow fever, and the expansion of American power.

Told from many viewpoints, this is an account drawn from previously unpublished and undiscovered sources, from interviews with actual participants and their families, from material gathered in Paris, Bogotá, Panama, the Canal Zone, and Washington. It is a canvas filled with memorable people: Ferdinand de Lesseps and his son Charles, trying to repeat de Lesseps's Suez triumph; Jules Verne; Paul Gauguin; Gustave Eiffel; A. T. Mahan and Richard Harding Davis; Senator Mark Hanna; Secretary of State John Hay; the incredible Philippe Bunau-Varilla, "the man who invented Panama"; Dr. William Gorgas; the forgotten American engineer hero John Stevens; Colonel George Washington Goethals; and, above all, Theodore Roosevelt, who "took Panama" in 1903 and left his indelible stamp on the canal.

As informative as it is fascinating, The Path Between the Seas is history told in the grand manner. With novelistic urgency it presents one of the great stories of all time in an account that will remain definitive for many years to come.

With two detailed maps and more than eighty photographs.

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This book is enormous. This book is a great read for those who want to know how the canal was built and how it was ahead of it's time. It covers the entire history of the idea of the canal, the French try at it, and the American finish of the job. Tightly woven into the story line are the American presidents who helped make this happen, at the top, of course is Teddy Roosevelt. What a fantastic book - kudos to the the author for another great work. JVD

What else can I say, get it, read it. D.M. is one of the best writers out there.

The Path Between the Seas is a 700 page detailed description of the building of the Panama Canal. One must have an interest in the canal and its construction to read all of this with interest. It is a MUST for anyone traveling through the canal. Now, I want to read it in retrospect ( but more slowly).

But as usual McCullough makes the subject matter interesting, easy to read, and he leaves you wanting more. And the subject matter (i.e.

He has definetly become my favorite historical writer, hands-down. Wow, what can you say but what another home run by David McCullough.

This book, like all his others, is so well written that you simply can't put it down. He brings his subject and characters to life.

I have read all of his books to date, and he continues to amaze. the building of the Panama Canal) would be considered boring by most people.

I look forward to the next book by him.

I was extremely disappointed that the Kindle version of this well written book did not include the maps and photos that make the regular edition much more informative and a lot easier to read.