The Path between the Seas The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914

E-358: Simon and Schuster. Very Good. 1977. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1977. Xiv, 274 pgs. Illustrated with several black and white photographs. Slipcased. Bound in leather boards by Brown and Bigelow of Minneapolis, MN with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Cruise ship bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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. EB; 1977; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 698 pages .