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. 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 best-selling 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. Condition: very good / No Dust Jack present.
Keywords: Amador Guerrero, Daniel Ammen, John Bigelow, Bunau-Varilla, Chagres, William Cromwell, William Gorgas, Goethals, Panama Canal, Canal Zone, Marcus Hanna, John Hay, Isthmian Canal, Lesseps, Theodore Roosevelt, Lucien Wyse, Yellow Fever
ISBN: 0671244094
[Book #84985]
Price: $37.50