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4.2/5 Audiobooks Language English Pages 698 Originally published 1977 Page count 698 Genre History | 4.2/5 Goodreads Country United States Publication date 1977 ISBN 978-0-671-22563-6 Publisher Simon & Schuster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The path between the seas
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870–1914 (1977) is a book by the American historian David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster. It won the U.S. National Book Award in History, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award and the Cornelius Ryan Award.
Contents
- The path between the seas
- The path between the seas the creation of the panama canal by david mccullough anting wang
- Reviews
- Detailed release information
- References
The book details people, places, and events involved in building the Panama Canal. The title refers to the connection between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that the opening of the canal created.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter has said that the treaties passing control of the Canal to Panama would not have passed the U.S Senate had it not been for McCullough's book. “All through the Senate debates on the issue,” McCullough observes, “the book was quoted again and again, and I’m pleased to say that it was quoted by both sides. Real history always cuts both ways."
The 698-page book contains 80 photographs, two maps and extensive source references.