Silver People: Voices From the Panama Canal by Engle, Margarita
A fictionalized account of the Panama Canal. Fourteen-year-old Mateo and other Caribbean islanders face discrimination, segregation, and harsh working conditions when American recruiters lure them to the Panamanian rain forest in 1906 to build the great canal. For children.
Other related articles are available online at Articles and Databases:
Panama Canal (Gale World History in Context)
Panama rising (General One File)
The Canal Builders: Making America’s Empire at the Panama Canal (Academic One File (Gale))
The Panama Canal (Periodicals Index Online)
The Panama canal—Its condition and prospects. (New York Times (1851-2010) w/ Index -ProQuest)
The path between the seas: the creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 (Google Scholar)
More from the Web:
100 Days in honor of 100 Years
American Experience
Panama Canal
Panama and the Canal Project
The Panama Canal: A Vital Maritime Link for the World
For more related resources about Panama and its Canal, please visit the Library catalog.
Spanish version/La version en Espaol
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