| What Is the Panama Canal? Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Pascal, Janet (Author), Foley, Tim (Illustrator), Harper, Fred (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0606356886 ISBN-13: 9780606356886 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $15.64 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats 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: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 7.6" (0.50 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - 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 |