The Path Between the Seas is an epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a bold and brilliant engineering feat of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Master historian David McCullough delivers a captivating tale of this grand enterprise, filled with both triumph and tragedy.

From the mid-19th century, as Europeans explored the possibilities of creating a link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, to the final handover of the canal to Panama in 1999, the story is one of astonishing engineering feats and tremendous medical accomplishments. The construction involved thousands of workers from many nations, laboring in oppressive heat and battling diseases like malaria.

The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway. It was a story of political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures, woven together into a comprehensive and captivating narrative by McCullough's remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition.