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A meditative, vivid account. Loving it so far.

This book is so good that I am disappointed by looking at the author’s other works and seeing one is a kind of jingoistic attack on immigration.

I'll admit I didn't finish this. There were fascinating parts and then there was the rest...pure drudgery.

Reading some reviews to get a sense of how others reacted it's funny that so many who review the book don't even get the characters and their relationships straight in the review. I think this points to a major problem with the book.

Don't hold your breathe. I'm expecting this to take a couple of years to get through. And this is not the actual edition I'm using. I'm reading my dad's college edition, two volume hardcover Modern Library edition. It doesn't have a publication date but he bought it in 1936,so it's an old one.

Don't hold your breathe. I'm expecting this to take a couple of years to get through. And this is not the actual edition I'm using. I'm reading my dad's college edition, two volume hardcover Modern Library edition. It doesn't have a publication date but he bought it in 1936,so it's an old one.

This book traces the history of the Panama Canal from the first ideas of the Spanish explorers through to its completion in the same month as the beginning of WW I. It is detailed but written as an engaging narrative.