Panama fever
Subtitle: the epic story of the building of the Panama Canal
By: Matthew Parker
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books; Anchor
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 530
ISBN-13: 9781400095186
Subjects: History
Notes: Originally published in hardcover under title: Panama fever : the battle to build the canal. London : Hutchinson, 2007. Subsequently published as: Panama fever: the epic story of one of the greatest human achievements of all time-- the building of the panama canal. New York : Doubleday, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [509]-515) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one - The golden isthmus: The keys to the universe; title: Rivalry and stalemate; title: Gold rush; title: A natural culminating point; title: The competing routes. Part two - Le grand Francais; title: The fatal decision; title: The riches of France; title: Travail commence; title: Fever; title: Jules Dingler; title: Annus horribilis; title: Collapse and scandal. Part three - The American triumph: Heroes and Villains- the "Battle of the Routes"; title: I took the Isthmus; title: Make the dirt fly; title: Yellow Jack; title: Restart; title: The railroad era; title: The digging machine; title: Segregation; title: The army of Panama; title: Hell's Gorge; title: Lord how piercing!; title: The land divided, the world united; title: Whose canal is it, anyway?