The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs |  | Author: Ulrich Keller
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
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Edition: First Edition
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.2 x 0.4
ISBN: 0486244083
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Extensive text and 164 historic photographs tell the compelling story of the Canal's construction: dredging, housing, internal government, engineering feats, failures, and final success.
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Magnificient Recapturing of History June 20, 2003
Gustavo A. Mellander, Ph.D., D.H.L. (George Mason Univer., Virginia)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I lived in Panama for 17 years and have written 3 books on Panama. How how I wish I had this beautifully spectacular book years ago. What an inspiraton it would have been during those dreary hours of writer's block. Each of these magnificient pictures are indeed worth a thousand words -- and there are so many pictures in this book! The United States "helped" Panama separate from Colombia in 1903, the following year the great task, which had defeated the French, of building an interoceanic canal began. It would take a full and painful 10 years. The rare photographs in this book document those years. How wonderful that they have been saved and are now offered to another generation!
The building of the Panama Canal in historic photograph April 14, 2001
A. Thomas (Charlotte, NC USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Wealth of information! This book eloquently navigates through Panama's Canal history; merging dynamic cultural and socio-political elements that contributed to this technological marvel. As a lifetime resident of the Canal Zone I taught I knew the definitive version of the Canals creation, however these photographs of the mundane to the sublime still concedes a wealth of information.
Photographs of the Panama Canal April 10, 2008
Herbert A. Hutchinson (Thousand Oaks, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs by Ulrich Keller is a most fascinating compilation of photographs recording man's greatest engineering achievement in construction during the 20th Century. The photographs are even more special to me because it shows scenes that my Barbadian grandfather and uncle would have seen during their laboring to construct the Panama Canal. That uncle died of malaria at the Canal and is buried, alongside the many others who sacrificed their lives, in the cemetery shown in one of the photographs. This book ranks in the top 3 that I have ever read during my over 70 years of reading.
Herbert A. Hutchinson
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs February 8, 2008
Ree Greenwood (Atchison, KS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book a must for anyone visiting the Panama Canal. Buy it before your visit to acquaint yourself with the history of this amazing project. Then take it along on your trip. Everyone around you will be itching to have a look at this book as you view the canal.
Excellent overview November 17, 2009
Carol Goodman (Wyalusing PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gave a comprehensive narrative and pictorial overview of the building of the Panama Canal. I learned many interesting facts about this project that I had somehow missed in school.
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