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What Is the Panama Canal? - (What Was?) by Janet B Pascal & Who Hq (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States.
- 7.6" x 5.3" Paperback
- 112 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, History
- Series Name: What Was?
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About the Book
"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 worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal"--Amazon.com.Book Synopsis
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!About the Author
Janet Pascal is an Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, and Who Was Abraham Lincoln? She lives in New York City.Dimensions (Overall): 7.6 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Series Title: What Was?
Sub-Genre: History
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages: 112
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Theme: Central & South America
Format: Paperback
Author: Janet B Pascal & Who Hq
Language: English
Street Date: July 17, 2014
TCIN: 88898087
UPC: 9780448478999
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-2657
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.3 pounds
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