The Path Between the Seas; The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 1977. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. 698, [2] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Footnotes. Maps. Notes. Sources. Index. David Gaub McCullough (/m k l /; July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American historian. He was a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States' highest civilian awards. McCullough earned a degree from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books, Truman and John Adams, were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively. McCullough decided to write a history of the Brooklyn Bridge. It was published in 1972. He also proposed a work about the Panama Canal; both were accepted by the publisher. Five years later, The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal was released, gaining McCullough widespread recognition. In 1977, McCullough traveled to the White House to advise Jimmy Carter and the United States Senate on the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which would give Panama control of the Canal. Carter later said that the treaties, which were negotiated to transfer ownership of the Canal to Panama, would not have passed had it not been for the book. More