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

698 pp. 8vo. "Winner of the National Book Award for history, 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. McCullough expertly weaves the many strands of this momentous event into a captivating tale. Like his masterful, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography John Adams, David McCullough's The Path Between the Seas has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. This audiobook is a must-listen for anyone interested in American history, international intrigue, and human drama." CONTENTS: Preface; THE VISION, 1870-1894: Threshold; The Hero; Consensus of One; Distant Shores; The Incredible Task; Soldiers Under Fire; Downfall; The Secrets of Panama; STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER, 1890-1904: Theodore the Spinner; The Lobby; Against All Odds; Adventure by Trigonometry; Remarkable Revolution; Envoy Extraordinary; THE BUILDERS, 1904-1914: The Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas; Panic; John Stevens; The Man with the Sun in His Eyes; The Chief Point of Attack; Life and Times; Triumph; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Sources; Index; MAPS: Panama During the French Era; Panama, the Canal, and the Canal Zone.