What is the Panama Canal? (Record no. 14376)
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| fixed length control field | 01367cam a2200217 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780448478999 (pbk) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 972. 87/5 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Pascal, Janet B. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What is the Panama Canal? |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York, NY |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 108 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates |
| Other physical details | ill., maps |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | What was |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Lexile not found |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Hat is the Panama Canal? -- From the Atlantic to the Pacific -- A railroad built on corpses -- A canal? -- The French try their hand -- The United States steps in -- War! -- Killing mosquitoes -- A man with a plan -- Finishing the job -- Success! -- The Canal today. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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.<br/><br/>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! |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Canals |
| Geographic subdivision | Panama |
| General subdivision | Design and construction |
| -- | History |
| Form subdivision | Juvenile literature |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Panama Canal (Panama) |
| General subdivision | History |
| Form subdivision | Juvenile literature |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Foley, Tim |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| DIS Library | DIS Library | New Titles | 25/03/2020 | 210.00 | 972. 87 Pascal | MH009846 | Books |