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  • The Panama Canal

    Enriched edition.

    by Frederic J. Haskin, Cooper Black ...
    In "The Panama Canal," Frederic J. Haskin delivers an exhaustive examination of one of the most monumental engineering feats of the 20th century, intertwining historical narrative with technical insights. Haskin's literary style combines an accessible tone with meticulous detail, making complex ideas about canal construction and international politics comprehensible to a wider audience. Set ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Panama Canal

    Enriched edition. Unlocking the Legacy: An In-depth Exploration of the Panama Canal's Impact on Global Trade and International Relations

    by Frederic J. Haskin, Nolan Taylor ...
    In "The Panama Canal," Frederic J. Haskin crafts a comprehensive examination of one of the most ambitious engineering feats of the 20th century. Combining meticulous historical research with vivid narrative style, Haskin details the political intricacies, labor struggles, and technological innovations that culminated in the canal'Äôs construction. The book not only illuminates the logistical ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Panama Canal (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Engineering, Empire, and Global Trade in the Making of a Modern Maritime Passage

    by Frederic J. Haskin, Willa Merynford ...
    Frederic J. Haskin's The Panama Canal is a lucid early twentieth-century account of one of the modern world's defining engineering achievements. Combining historical narrative, technical explanation, and civic reportage, the book traces the canal's geopolitical origins, the French failure, the American assumption of the project, and the immense problems of excavation, sanitation, labor, and ... Read more

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  • The Panama Canal (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Construction, geopolitics, and global trade—Panama's canal as an engineering marvel reshaping the world economy

    by Frederic J. Haskin, Amelia Russell, Amelia Russell ...
    The Panama Canal condenses the planning, politics, and engineering of the isthmian waterway into a clear, fact‑driven narrative. Tracing the arc from the French failure to the U.S. lock‑canal design, Haskin explains the logic of Gatun Dam and Lake, the passage through Culebra (Gaillard) Cut, and the logistics of dredges and spoil trains. He also records the sanitary regime that curbed yellow fever ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

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  • The Path Between the Seas

    The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

    by David McCullough ...
    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 transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David McCullough.A national bestseller and testament to human determination, The Path Between the Seas tells the ... Read more

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  • Last Train to Paradise

    Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean

    by Les Standiford ...
    The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D. Rockefeller, dreamed of a railway connecting the island of Key ... Read more

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  • The Gulf

    The Making of An American Sea

    by Jack E. Davis ...
    Winner • Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWinner • Kirkus Prize for NonfictionFinalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, NPR, Library Journal, and gCaptainBooklist Editors’ Choice (History)Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceIn this “cri de coeur abou... ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Panama Fever

    The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal

    by Matthew Parker ...
    The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on contemporary accounts, bringing the experience of those who built the canal vividly to life. Politicians engaged in high-stakes diplomacy in order to influence its construction. Meanwhile, engineers and workers from around the world rushed to take ... Read more

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  • Finding Florida

    The True History of the Sunshine State

    by T. D. Allman ...
    A National Book Award Nominee and a Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year.Over the centuries, Florida has been many things: an unconquered realm protected by geography, a wilderness that ruined Spanish conquistadors, “God’s waiting room,” and a place to start over. Depopulated after the extermination of its original native population, today it’s home to nineteen million. The site of ... Read more

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  • What Is the Panama Canal?

    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    by Janet B. Pascal, Who HQ ...
    Series series What Was?
    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 world’s most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal! ... Read more

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  • The Panama Canal

    by J. Saxon Mills ...
    It was either very careless or very astute of Nature to leave the entire length of the American continent without a central passage from ocean to ocean, or, having provided such a passage at Nicaragua, to allow it to be obstructed again by volcanic action. This imperviousness of the long American barrier had, as we shall see, important economic and political results, and the eventual opening of a ... Read more

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  • The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status

    by Donald Barr Chidsey ...
    "The Panama Canal: An Informal History of Its Concept, Building, and Present Status" relates the struggles, conflicts, obstacles, and achievement involved in the construction of the canal. Originally published in 1970, this ebook edition retains all of the photos, drawings, and illustrations of the original edition. A fascinating and detailed history of the Panama Canal! ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD