The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the Americas / Eric Rutkow
- Author
- Rutkow, Eric
- Published
- New York : Scribner, 2019.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Physical Description
- vii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE RAIL -- ch. One The Magnificent Conception -- ch. Two The Eagle and the Octopus -- ch. Three The Route of Volcanoes -- INTERLUDE -- ch. Four Out of the Muck -- pt. II THE ROAD -- ch. Five Good Roads Make Good Neighbors -- ch. Six The Far Western Front -- ch. Seven Freedom Road -- ch. Eight The Missing Link.
- Summary
- Chronicles the epic quest to connect the Americas via the Pan American Highway, detailing how its construction and evolution reflected two centuries of divergent history.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781501103902 (hardcover)
1501103903 (hardcover)
9781501103919
1501103911 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-424) and index.
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