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The Panama Canal's untold history—from the Panamanian point of view. Sleuth and scholar Marixa Lasso recounts how the canal’s American builders displaced 40
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An incisive economic and political history of the Panama Canal On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of
The Canal Builders
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: Julie Greene
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-05 - Publisher: Penguin

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A revelatory look at a momentous undertaking-from the workers' point of view The Panama Canal has long been celebrated as a triumph of American engineering and
What Is the Panama Canal?
Language: en
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Authors: Janet B. Pascal
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Silver People
Language: en
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Authors: Margarita Engle
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As the Panama Canal turns one hundred, Newbery Honor winner Margarita Engle tells the story of its creation in this powerful new YA historical novel in verse.