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100	1		_aPascal, Janet B.
245	1	0	_aWhat is the Panama Canal? _cby Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Tim Foley
260			_aNew York, NY _bPenguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House _c2017
300			_a108 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates _bill., maps
490	0		_aWhat was
500			_aLexile not found
505	0		_aHat 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			_aBefore 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!
650		0	_aCanals _zPanama _xDesign and construction _xHistory _vJuvenile literature
651			_aPanama Canal (Panama) _xHistory _vJuvenile literature
700	1		_aFoley, Tim
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