The Path Between the Seas
- The Path Between the Seas
"The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870—1914" is a 1977 book by noted historian David McCullough that details the people and places involved in building the Panama Canal. The title is in reference to the connection developed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
The book, published by Simon and Schuster, won the National Book Award for history (1978) [http://www.nationalbook.org/nbawinners1970.html ] , the Francis Parkman Prize (1978) [http://www.mnstate.edu/schwartz/parkman.htm] , the Samuel Eliot Morison Award (1978) [http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1978/6/1978_6_107.shtml] , and the Cornelius Ryan Award (1977) [http://www.opcofamerica.org/opc_awards/archive/byaward/award_ryan.php] .
The 698 page book contains 80 photographs, 2 maps and extensive source references.
Reviews
*"David McCullough's history of this extraordinary construction job between the Atlantic and Pacific is everything history ought to be. It is dramatic, accurate...and altogether gripping." --The Washington Star
*"Solid, entertainingly written and fair-minded...McCullough unravels the complicated and sometimes deliberately obscured story that lies behind the Panama Canal." --The Washington Post Book World
*"A chunk of history full of giant-sized characters and rich in political skullduggery." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
*"In the hands of McCullough, the digging of the great ditch becomes a kind of peacetime epic...The book will absorb you...You won't want to put it down once you've started reading it." --The New York Daily News
*"McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale, expert work." --Newsweek
Detailed release information
*"The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870—1914", McCullough, David, Simon & Schuster New York 1977 Octavo, pp. 698, ISBN 0-671-22563-4, ISBN 0-671-24409-4 (Pbk.)
ee also
History of the Panama Canal
ource
* [http://www.electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough/path_reviews.htm Electriceggplant.com/davidmccullough]
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