What Is the Panama Canal? Contributor(s): Pascal, Janet B. (Author), Who Hq (Author), Foley, Tim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0448478994 ISBN-13: 9780448478999 Publisher: Penguin Workshop OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Central & South America - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Machinery & Tools |
Dewey: 972.875 |
LCCN: 2014017363 |
Series: What Was... |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.3" W x 7.6" (0.30 lbs) 112 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 168840 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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 |