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Author Rutkow, Eric, author.

Title The longest line on the map : the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the Americas / Eric Rutkow.

Publisher New York : Scribner, 2019.

ISBN 9781501103902 (hardcover)
9781501103919 (paperback)
1501103911 (paperback)
1501103903 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40028823233



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Edition First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description vii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part I: The rail. The magnificent conception ; The eagle and the octopus ; The route of volcanoes -- Interlude. Out of the muck -- Part II: The road. Good roads make good neighbors ; The far western front ; Freedom road ; The missing link.
Summary Chronicles the epic quest to connect the Americas via the Pan American Highway, detailing how its construction and evolution reflected two centuries of divergent history.
Subject(S) Pan American Highway System.
Roads -- America -- History.
United States -- Foreign relations -- America.
ISBN 9781501103902 (hardcover)
9781501103919 (paperback)
1501103911 (paperback)
1501103903 (hardcover)
ISBN/ISSN/Media No. 40028823233