Screen LibraryWhat is the Panama Canal? /
"Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was du...
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA),
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| Publisher Address: | New York, New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com. |
| Carrier Form: | 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 108). |
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9780448478999 0448478994 9781480639959 1480639958 9780606356886 0606356886 |
| Index Number: | F1569 |
| CLC: | K974.7 |
| Call Number: | K974.7/P278 |
| Contents: | Hat is the Panama Canal? -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific -- A railroad built on corpses -- A canal? -- The French try their hand -- The United States steps in -- War! -- Killing mosquitoes -- A man with a plan -- Finishing the job -- Success! -- The Canal today. |