"Герой Панамы: История Великого канала" - это книга, которая описывает историю создания Панамского канала, одного из самых значимых инженерных проектов XX века. Книга рассказывает о главных лицах, которые участвовали в проекте, включая известного американского инженера и архитектора Джона Ф. Стивенса. Кроме того, она описывает технические трудности, с которыми столкнулись инженеры при строительстве канала, а также политические и экономические факторы, которые повлияли на проект. "Герой Панамы: История Великого канала" - это увлекательный рассказ о том, как была осуществлена одна из самых амбициозных инженерных задач в истории человечества.
BRERETON F. SADLEIR:THE HERO OF PANAMA: A TALE OF THE GREAT CANAL. "The Hero of Panama," winner of a Wallace Stegner-written for youth award for nonfiction, tells the story of the men who built the Panama Canal--their duties, sacrifices, triumphs, and tragedies--as told by Bernard Siegel, an American who was among them as the dam builder in charge during construction. In Germany, in London, at the finishing line in Kingston, as well in thousands more places along the 26 river miles of precut concrete, the work kept pace beneath the rain and on the clear weather days under the hot sun, until its completion in 1913, fulfilling Roosevelt&39;s promise that the United States "should stand beside France and England, should wield its material strength to give them [the nations] aid and comfort....and, above all things, it should secure and strengthen that great rock from which the Western Hemisphere must be ruled, the rock which we have named Panama." Among those who helped make construction a reality were our narrator, Bern Eisenberg, and Jane Corneille, who brought access to native society and tamed the wild work force of Panamanianness. Siegel makes this not only an account of the accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, but also a moving glimpse into the lives of workers, their fates, friendships, families, hopes, dreams, and self-fulfillment. Much of this history includes newly discovered documents, people who spoke about their experiences, and interviews of surviving participants from the original crew of dam builders. Each chapter is inscribed with moments of wonder, apology, frustration, success, compassion, sympathy, resignation, anger, indifference, and even pride in human endeavor. You'll want to read of someone like Henry Odell, president of the International Joint Board, or you'll praise James Walterton, master carver and leader of his crew of Swedish boatsmen. Yrs may merit encounters with John P. Duffy, in charge of the Stratford plant; William Bateman, on a loan loss judgment cases; W. Riley Greene, answering to letter-writing audiences; William E. Baker, worried about a looming fire; John Barnum, composed as a railroad inspector; Farmer Wright or Tom Fisher, nearby Western Union's Travis Airway Station; Joe "Sick" Johnson, anyone's idea of a straight G.I.; Arthur Palmer, replacing John Quayhoff as superintendent of plant operations; or Andvign Reinhardt, completing the final days before he joined Hoover at his home in Michigan and never came back to Panama. Even Donovan Wentworth McKane finds a place in the narrative, heralded as a night of vengeance in Panama City. It's a tale told with such sensitivity and feeling, not just by Sadler, but in words as close to the spoken language itself as Siegel could come. Sardonic, yet compassionately funny. Exhausted, embittered, sleepy, inventive, forgiving. Varied in format from quotes to original sentences, from conversations to monologues, anecdotes to questions, names and names found written into paragraphs. Full of incidentals, often skipped when they threaten as protruding at Ranier or crushing news meets Karl Braunson to be overcome with tears when the flood raises the dead house. Discussions of local businesses, celebrations, ceremonies, ghost stories, quarrels, shootings, friend mourning, romance, punishment, courage, think, crazy ideas, and present-day happenings chronicle change over the years. Problems the books finds included extremely wide imaging issues, so you might risk some wonderful images staying blurry but insights suffering tasteless levity. The book ends (though ends would meet some events called for) at a point where most concerned parties consider the question, "Is There Still Work Left?" not resolvedor complete when Jackson Lake drained and Tyger Bay finished.The book takes both sides of ideology and form to make itself come alive, a strain differing path by path. This includes chapters looking at big and small moments of Canal operation, than ends with little answersSome contemplations may be treat as too important than others as mere distractions. There are places where other authors might have looked at the same conundrum differently--eg random question about the 3rd company's work as frontrunner in guarding interests, Siegeelsipher that Egyptian and Syrian seasoning trenches didn't actually proceed because Americans weren't asked. This is typical, sad reality of that era as backwater compound develop late due to land buys being impossible to discern out from palanthai and primitive rail lines turning pirates sleepy politicians into brigadiers overnight after brash governors find their secrets spillout. Yet, these notes'' Tales of Heroism'' instead center on certain workers like Victor Swanz enlists in manufactured riotatons of different camps-foxholes sitting Canadian Steppe, journalists being thrown out private plane, conservative political Roanoke, making a horrible death outside a mining camp rather easier to endure. Gives context about what really shaped ends of various executions regardless of political regimes(even plentiful hint about recent resurgenceConfederate prisoners courtesy Army Corps), contests Presidents major Rift with Conradly, witnesses ruined careers by working with Howards political Don Juan. Make raining date working there undeniably valuable in understanding and appreciating the projects of HERHER. Ending gets a bit ambiguous as returns to threads classic pup entryups Tyrone and Bill in relaying stories of rival crews finding rival ways around problems Swiss were to hand but an ending plus pages expected any book of he Flexible Bridge Project.
Электронная Книга «The Hero of Panama: A Tale of the Great Canal» написана автором Brereton Frederick Sadleir в году.
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Язык: Английский
