What is the Panama Canal?
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Author:
Contributors:
Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator.
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Published:
New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014].
ISBN:
9780448478999, 0448478994, 9781480639959
Physical Desc:
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Points: 1
Status:
Description
"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!"--From publisher description.
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Book
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.9, 1 Points
Level 5.9, 1 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Description
"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!"--From publisher description.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Pascal, J. B., & Foley, T. (2014). What is the Panama Canal? New York, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Pascal, Janet B and Tim Foley. 2014. What Is the Panama Canal? New York, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Pascal, Janet B and Tim Foley, What Is the Panama Canal? New York, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Pascal, Janet B. and Tim Foley. What Is the Panama Canal? New York, New York, Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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