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Panama Fever
The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time--The Building of the Panama Canal

By Parker, Matthew

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ISBN: 0385515340 Publisher: Random House Espanol Published: Mar 18 2008 Pages: 530 Weight: 2.00lbs. Height: 9.75" Width: 6.50" Depth: 1.50" Language: English

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Traces the four-century dream to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the visionaries who recognized the significance of the engineering feat, the triumphant construction of the waterway and its opening in 1914, the appalling human cost of the project in terms of harsh working conditions and epidemics, and the medical breakthroughs that would transform medicine. 35,000 first printing.