The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

图书标准信息

• 作者 David McCullough 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 1978-10
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780671244095
• 定价 168.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 698页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WinneroftheNationalBookAward
FromthePulitzerPrize-winningauthorofTruman,hereisthenationalbestsellingepicchronicleofthecreationofthePanamaCanal.InThePathBetweentheSeas,acclaimedhistorianDavidMcCulloughdeliversafirst-ratedramaofthesweepinghumanundertakingthatledtothecreationofthisgrandenterprise.
ThePathBetweentheSeastellsthestoryofthemenandwomenwhofoughtagainstalloddstofulfillthe400-year-olddreamofconstructinganaquaticpassagewaybetweentheAtlanticandPacificoceans.Itisastoryofastonishingengineeringfeats,tremendousmedicalaccomplishments,politicalpowerplays,heroicsuccesses,andtragicfailures.Applyinghisremarkablegiftforwritinglucid,livelyexposition,McCulloughweavesthemanystrandsofthemomentouseventintoacomprehensiveandcaptivatingtale.
WinneroftheNationalBookAwardforhistory,theFrancisParkmanPrize,theSamuelEliotMorisonAward,andtheCorneliusRyanAward(forthebestbookoftheyearoninternationalaffairs),ThePathBetweentheSeasisamust-readforanyoneinterestedinAmericanhistory,thehistoryoftechnology,internationalintrigue,andhumandrama.

【作者简介】

DavidMcCulloughhasbeenwidelyacclaimedasa“masteroftheartofnarrativehistory”and“amatchlesswriter.”HeistwicewinnerofthePulitzerPrize,twicewinneroftheNationalBookAward,andhasreceivedthePresidentialMedalofFreedom,thenation’shighestcivilianaward.
Mr.McCullough’smostrecentbook,TheGreaterJourney:AmericansinParis,the#1NewYorkTimesbestseller,hasbeencalled“dazzling,”“anepicofideas…historytobesavored.”Hispreviouswork,1776,hasbeenacclaimed“aclassic,”whileJohnAdams,publishedin2001,remainsoneofthemostpraisedandwidelyreadAmericanbiographiesofalltime.Morethanthreemillioncopiesareinprintanditispresentlyinitseighty-secondprinting.
InthewordsofthecitationaccompanyinghishonorarydegreefromYale,“Asanhistorian,hepaintswithwords,givinguspicturesoftheAmericanpeoplethatlive,breathe,andaboveall,confrontthefundamentalissuesofcourage,achievement,andmoralcharacter.”
Mr.McCullough’sotherbooksincludeTheJohnstownFlood,TheGreatBridge,ThePathbetweentheSeas,MorningsonHorseback,BraveCompanions,andTruman.Hisworkhasbeenpublishedintenlanguagesand,inall,morethan9,500,000copiesareinprint.Asmaybesaidoffewwriters,noneofhisbookshaseverbeenoutofprint.
Mr.McCulloughisalsotwicewinneroftheprestigiousFrancisParkmanPrize,andforhisworkoverall,hehasbeenhonoredbytheNationalBookFoundationDistinguishedContributiontoAmericanLettersAwardandtheNationalHumanitiesMedal.HehasbeenelectedtotheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,aswellastheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersandhasreceivedforty-sevenhonorarydegrees.
Inacrowded,productivecareer,hehasbeenaneditor,essayist,teacher,lecturer,andfamiliarpresenceonpublictelevision—ashostofSmithsonianWorld,TheAmericanExperience,andnarratorofnumerousdocumentaries,includingKenBurns’sTheCivilWar.Hisisalsothenarrator’svoiceinthemovieSeabiscuit.
JohnAdams,theseven-partmini-seriesonHBO,producedbyTomHanksandstarringPaulGiamattiandLauraLinney,wasoneofthemostacclaimedandtalkedabouttelevisioneventsofrecentyears.
Agiftedspeaker,Mr.McCulloughhaslecturedinallpartsofthecountryandabroad,aswellasattheWhiteHouse.HeisalsooneofthefewprivatecitizenstospeakbeforeajointsessionofCongress.
BorninPittsburghin1933,Mr.McCulloughwaseducatedthereandatYale,wherehegraduatedwithhonorsinEnglishliterature.Heisanavidreaderandtraveler,andhasenjoyedalifelonginterestinartandarchitecture.Heisadevotedpainteraswell.Mr.McCulloughandhiswife,RosaleeBarnesMcCullough,havefivechildrenandeighteengrandchildren.