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Language: en
Pages: 578
Authors: Matthew Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-10 - Publisher: Anchor

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The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on cont
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Language: en
Pages: 578
Authors: Matthew Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-17 - Publisher: Anchor

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The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the “American Century.” Panama Fever draws on cont
Panama Fever
Language: en
Pages: 488
Authors: Matthew Parker
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

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The human cost was immense: in appalling working conditions and amid epidemics of fever, tens of thousands perished fighting the jungle, swamps and mountains of
Panama Fever
Language: en
Pages: 586
Authors: Matthew Parker
Categories: Panama Canal (Panama)
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Doubleday Books

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A tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicine, "Panama Fever" charts the challenges that marked the long, labyrinthine road to the building of
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Ulrich Keller
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This tale of an unprecedented technological advance unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photog