Author: Sylvia Engdahl

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2012-07-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0737766352

This compelling volume provides the historical background of the construction of the Panama Canal. Readers will learn how women played an important role in the project. Controversies are also explored, including the role that the United States played in the Panamanian Revolution. Personal narratives are presented, from sources such as Theodore Roosevelt and Helen Herron Taft. Other essay sources include the Panama Canal Authority, James T. Du Bois, and David Newton E. Campbell.