Janet Pascal (A), Tim Foley (ILT) and Fred Harper (ILT)

List Price: $7.99 (Paperback – The Panama Canal – 2014)

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! (112 pgs) Ages 8-12

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