Light on Dark Places at Panama
Author : Mary A. Chatfield
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Panama
ISBN :
Panama Fever
Author : Matthew Parker
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 10,96 MB
Release : 2009-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0307472531
Book Description
The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order to influence its construction. Meanwhile, engineers and workers from around the world rushed to take advantage of high wages and the chance to be a part of history. Filled with remarkable characters, Panama Fever is an epic history that shows how a small, fiercely contested strip of land made the world a smaller place and launched the era of American global dominance.
List of References on the Panama Canal and the Panama Canal Zone
Author : Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 1919
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
John Frank Stevens
Author : Clifford Foust
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 17,33 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0253010691
Book Description
One of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern lines. Self-taught and driven by a bulldog tenacity of purpose, he was hired by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer of the Panama Canal, creating a technical achievement far ahead of its time. Stevens also served for more than five years as the head of the US Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia and as a consultant who contributed to many engineering feats, including the control of the Mississippi River after the disastrous floods of 1927 and construction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. Drawing on Stevens's surviving personal papers and materials from projects with which he was associated, Clifford Foust offers an illuminating look into the life of an accomplished civil engineer.
Monthly Bulletin
Author : San Francisco Free Public Library
Publisher :
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 32,27 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
ISBN :
Book Description
The Path Between the Seas
Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2001-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 074320137X
Book Description
The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough. 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. Winner of the National Book Award for history, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Samuel Eliot Morison Award, and the Cornelius Ryan Award (for the best book of the year on international affairs), The Path Between the Seas is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the history of technology, international intrigue, and human drama.
The Canal Builders
Author : Julie Greene
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2009-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1101011556
Book Description
A revelatory look at a momentous undertaking-from the workers' point of view The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and ingenuity. In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis has obscured a far more remarkable element of the historic enterprise: the tens of thousands of workingmen and workingwomen who traveled from all around the world to build it. Greene looks past the mythology surrounding the canal to expose the difficult working conditions and discriminatory policies involved in its construction. Drawing extensively on letters, memoirs, and government documents, the book chronicles both the struggles and the triumphs of the workers and their families. Prodigiously researched and vividly told, The Canal Builders explores the human dimensions of one of the world's greatest labor mobilizations, and reveals how it launched America's twentieth-century empire.
Mosquito Warrior
Author : Carol R. Byerly
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0817361421
Book Description
"The long overdue and definitive biography of the life and work of General William Crawford Gorgas"--
The American Catalogue
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1642 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release : 1911
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
David McCullough Great Moments in History E-book Box Set
Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 2004 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1451658230
Book Description
From New York Times bestselling author David McCullough, a special ebook boxed set features books that study key points of American history. The David McCullough Great Moments in History ebook box set includes the following McCullough classics: 1776 is the riveting story of George Washington, the men who marched with him, and their British foes in the momentous year of American independence. The Johnstown Flood is the classic history of an American tragedy that became a scandal in the age of the Robber Barons, the preventable flood that destroyed a town and killed 2,000 people. Path Between the Seas is the epic National Book Award–winning history of the heroic successes, tragic failures, and astonishing engineering and medical feats that made the Panama Canal possible. The Great Bridge is the remarkable, enthralling story of the planning and construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which linked two great cities and epitomized American optimism, skill, and determination. A special bonus is included: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history’s enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.
