Description
Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world's most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal
Author: Janet B. Pascal, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 07/17/2014
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780448478999
ISBN10: 0448478994
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Central & South America
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Machinery & Tools
Author: Janet B. Pascal, Who Hq
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Published: 07/17/2014
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780448478999
ISBN10: 0448478994
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Central & South America
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States | 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Machinery & Tools
About the Author
Janet Pascal is an Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, and Who Was Abraham Lincoln? She lives in New York City.