What Is the Panama Canal?

Janet B. Pascal (Author)
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M12263
Product Type: Paperback Books
Age Groups: Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12

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.

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!

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SKU M12263
ISBN 9780448478999
Language English
Guided Reading Level S
Product Type Paperback Books
Primary Contributor Janet B. Pascal
Age Groups Ages 7 to 9, Ages 10 to 12
Publisher PRH - Penguin Random House