Review: The Path Between the Seas

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough


My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I’m tempted not to review this book. I don’t like long books. I don’t enjoy much non-fiction, and I certainly don’t seek out history texts. So The Path Between the Seas, weighing in at more than 600 dense pages, wasn’t the type of book I’d pick out for myself. My wife gave me this tome before our cruise through the Panama Canal, so I felt obligated to give it a try.

It seems unfair...