Charles Edward Magoon: The Panama Years
By: Gustavo A. Mellander, Nelly Maldonado Mellander.
Contributors: Mellander, Nelly Maldonado.
Series: Colección Dédalo
Publisher: Editorial Plaza Mayor
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Magoon, Charles Edward, 1861-1920.; Canal Zone -- Politics and government.; Panama -- Politics and government -- 1903-1946.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama.; Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: Charles E. Magoon was the only person to ever be Governor of the Panama Canal Zone and Minister to Panama  -- and at the same time, 1905-06.  Strongly supported by President Theodore Roosevelt, Magoon helped bring peace among warring factions in Panama and championed its first elections. He drafted the Taft Memorandum that set the modus operandi of how the U. S. interacted with Panama for 95 years. As governor of the Canal Zone, he established schools, sanitation projects, (under his administration yellow fever and malaria were eradicated, the two scourages that help defeat the French canal building attempt.),  improved living conditions, etc. Magoon was widely respected and was a VP dark horse in 1908.  He was so successful in Panama that he was was rewarded with the ticklish governorship of Cuba in 1906 -09. That did not go as well.
Notes: Preface by Dr. Charnel Anderson, Professor of Latin American History, Inter American University. Part One: Governor Magoon. Chap. 1 The Isthmus of Panama and Charles E. Magoon. Chap. 2 Land of discontent. Chap. 3 Isthmian sanitation, living accomodations. Chap. 4 Canal Zone government. Chap. 5 That unique institution the commissary is born.  Chap. 6 Magoon goes to Washington. Part Two:  Chap. 7 Minister Magoon. Chap. 8 Political foment in Panama. Chap. 9 The elections and their aftermath.  Part Three: Chap. 10 An Evaluation. 
Includes first hand archival and bibliographical references (p. 107-111) and index.