The Resource What is the Panama Canal?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
What is the Panama Canal?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
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The item What is the Panama Canal?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Amesbury Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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 worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- What is the Panama Canal?
- From the Atlantic to the Pacific
- A railroad built on corpses
- A canal?
- The French try their hand
- The United States steps in
- War!
- Killing mosquitoes
- A man with a plan
- Finishing the job
- Success!
- The Canal today
- Isbn
- 9780448478999
- Label
- What is the Panama Canal?
- Title
- What is the Panama Canal?
- Statement of responsibility
- by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
- Title variation
- Panama Canal
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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 worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pascal, Janet B
- Dewey number
- 972.87/5
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F1569.C2
- LC item number
- P374 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Foley, Timothy
- Series statement
-
- What was...?
- Who was...?
- Who is...?
- What is...?
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Canals
- Canal Zone
- Panama Canal (Panama)
- Canal Zone
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- What is the Panama Canal?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 108)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What is the Panama Canal? -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific -- A railroad built on corpses -- A canal? -- The French try their hand -- The United States steps in -- War! -- Killing mosquitoes -- A man with a plan -- Finishing the job -- Success! -- The Canal today
- Control code
- 1562004
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780448478999
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014017363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1562004
- (OCoLC)861478811
- Label
- What is the Panama Canal?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 108)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What is the Panama Canal? -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific -- A railroad built on corpses -- A canal? -- The French try their hand -- The United States steps in -- War! -- Killing mosquitoes -- A man with a plan -- Finishing the job -- Success! -- The Canal today
- Control code
- 1562004
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780448478999
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014017363
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1562004
- (OCoLC)861478811
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