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.
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David McCullough (1933-2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
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PREFACE
BOOK ONE: THE VISION 1870-1894
1. Threshold
2. The Hero
3. Consensus of One
4. Distant Shores
5. The Incredible Task
6. Soldiers Under Fire
7. Downfall
8. The Secrets of Panama
BOOK TWO: STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER 1890-1904
9. Theodore the Spinner
10. The Lobby
11. Against All Odds
12. Adventure by Trigonometry
13. Remarkable Revolution
14. Envoy Extraordinary
BOOK THREE: THE BUILDERS 1904-1914
15. The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas
16. Panic
17. John Stevens
18. The Man with the Sun in His Eyes
19. The Chief Point of Attack
20. Life and Times
21. Triumph
Afterword
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
SOURCES
INDEX
MAPS
Panama During the French Era
Panama, the Canal, and the Canal Zone
PICTURE SECTIONS