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"Newsweek" McCullough is a storyteller with the capacity to steer readers through political, financial, and engineering intricacies without fatigue or muddle. This is grand-scale expert work.
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"The Path Between the Seas" tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strands of the momentous event into a comprehensive and captivating tale.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I certainly did not expect too much excitement from a 700 pages book about the Panama Canal, but David McCullough did an excellent job. He obviously did a lot of research, but his true accomplishment is putting all the little fragments together to one exciting story. This is not just history, it is politics, business, engineering, medicine, etc. And best of all, it is very well written and easy to read.
I like it even better than "Truman", McCulloughs most famous book.
I like it even better than "Truman", McCulloughs most famous book.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Perhaps I am biased, having grown up in the Panama Canal Zone. All prejudices apart, though, this is the single best "history" book I have ever read. With a cast of characters worthy of a Tolstoy novel, McCullough gives the reader a thorough understanding of the magnitude and impact the little Isthmus of Panama has had on the history of the world.
This is much more than history. Indeed, the common claim that it reads like a novel is not an exaggeration. The 600+ pages overflow with unrelenting drama, vividly painted larger-than-life characters, exotic vistas, bustling courtrooms, etc. This is more a story about the people who struggled to realize a dream than it is about the little canal which captured their imaginations for centuries.
This book moved me to tears.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first book by David McCullough that I've read, and let me say I am impressed. I read this book while I was bedridden with an illness and McCullough's thorough research and excellent prose sucked me right into the middle of the struggles to complete this wonder of the world. And I liked it!
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Epic
David McCullough is a very consistent writer. each of his books deal with a significant topic and manage to make a hide story seem human. Read more
Published 4 months ago by lg2
Detailed History of the Panama Canal
Having previously enjoyed reading David McCullough's book '1776', I purchased this story of the creation of the Panama Canal prior to embarking on a cruise that will take me... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Roadrunner
Book for your Dad
Bought this for my Dad and then ended up reading it myself. Gave me a great insight into his life when he was young and actually was surprised how much I enjoyed reading it!
Published 6 months ago by Conyerdragon
Hoping it wont end!
2/3rds of the way through this and I am totally addicted and captivated by it. Love McCulloughs work having completed Adams and Truman in recent times. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alan Fahey
Great book on the history of the Panama Canal
Bought this book because Paul Theyroux mentioned it in his book The Old Patagonian Express. If you have an appetite to know all the gory detail behind the building of the Panama... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Samedi
Good Book poor delivery
Amazon delivery is being let down by Royal Mail. Some 14 days before I recieved the book meant to be delivered next day by Amazon Prime. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2010 by J. Nicholson
How about 6 stars?
McCullough is just the ticket for a trans-Atlantic flight. Granted, this book lasted several days into my holiday as well, and I hope our kind hosts didn't think me rude for... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2009 by T. Burkard
Building the Panama Canal
I was recommended to read this book by an American friend. It proved to be really gripping. The curious thing, though, is that the problems occupy most of the book, with the... Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2009 by P. Fowler
Stunning, sprawling, epic!
This book does not just cover the magnificent engineering feats acomplished in the building of the canal. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2008 by Paul Spiller
Not enough research done.
I have read most of the book and so far I see there are things lacking in it that sould have been covered. Read more
Published on 10 July 1999
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