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Pascal, Janet B.
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Canals -- Panama -- Design and construction -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Canal Zone -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Pascal, Janet B.
Canals -- Panama -- Design and construction -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Canal Zone -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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What is the Panama Canal? / by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley.
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Pascal, Janet B.
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), c2014.
Call #:
972
.875
P278w
Subjects
Canals -- Panama -- Design and construction -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Panama Canal (Panama) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Canal Zone -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Series
What is--?
What is? (Who HQ)
ISBN:
9780606356886 (hbk.)
0606356886 (hbk.)
9780448478999 (pbk.)
0448478994 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Panama Canal?
Description:
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"WHOHQ"--Spine.
"Who HQ. Your headquarters for history. Who? What? Where?"--Back cover.
"An Official WhoHQ Book"--Cover.
"16 pages of photos inside!" -- Cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Contents:
What 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.
Summary:
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!
Other authors:
Foley, Tim, 1962-
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