The Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and th

Description: The Longest Line on the Map by Eric Rutkow From the award-winning author of American Canopy, a dazzling account of the worlds longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a centurys worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highways history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American Highway--the United States other great twentieth-century hemispheric infrastructure project--has become an orphan of the past, effectively erased from the story of the "American Century." The Longest Line on the Map uncovers this incredible tale for the first time and weaves it into a tapestry that fascinates, informs, and delights. Rutkows narrative forces the reader to take seriously the question: Why couldnt the Americas have become a single region that "is" and not two near irreconcilable halves that "are"? Whether youre fascinated by the history of the Americas, or youve dreamed of driving around the globe, or you simply love world records and the stories behind them, The Longest Line on the Map is a riveting narrative, a lost epic of hemispheric scale. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Eric Rutkow is an assistant professor of history at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and the author of The Longest Line on the Map. His first book, American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation (2012), received the Association of American Publishers PROSE Award for US history and was named one of the top books of the year by Smithsonian magazine. He earned his BA and PhD from Yale and his JD from Harvard. Review "Everybody loves a shaggy dog story. A good one should be long and implausible but still on the edge of possibility. The chronicle at the heart of Eric Rutkows The Longest Line on the Map seems to qualify. The story involves the decades-long attempt to construct thousands of miles of railway--and, later, highway--to link the Americas." --The Wall Street Journal "Rutkows fascination with the Pan-American highway is evident in this meticulously researched and vividly recounted drama. He combines a historians eye for detail with a storytellers skill at bringing to life the dynamic political and social forces that conceived and constructed the international corridor." --Shelf Awareness, starred review "A powerful argument against Washingtons growing embrace of isolationist policies at home and abroad. Highly recommended for U.S. and diplomatic historians, geopolitical scholars, and general readers." --Library Journal, starred review "At times The Longest Line on the Map resembles a relay race, with smart, young, hardy engineers and diplomats thinking they can tame this infrastructural beast, only to cede their ground decades later as death, disease, or sheer weariness overcome them. Its a testament to Rutkows skills at distilling information that he keeps the dozens of players clear in your mind as his narrative proceeds." --Boston Globe"Rutkows excellent, thoroughly researched, and unusual look at this complicated mix of infrastructure innovations and international relations will engage a variety of reading tastes." --Booklist"Rutkow offers a richly detailed examination of efforts to build a highway from Alaska to the tip of Argentina... A fresh, well-documented account of U.S.-Latin American relations." --Kirkus Reviews Review Quote "Rutkows excellent, thoroughly researched, and unusual look at this complicated mix of infrastructure innovations and international relations will engage a variety of reading tastes." -- Booklist Details ISBN1501103911 Author Eric Rutkow Pages 448 Language English Year 2019 ISBN-10 1501103911 ISBN-13 9781501103919 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-12-10 Short Title The Longest Line on the Map Subtitle The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas UK Release Date 2019-12-10 Publisher Scribner Book Company Imprint Scribner Book Company DEWEY 388.122097 Audience General Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137641472;

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