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Write of Passage
The long-awaited Panama Canal Museum’s first published account of life, work and play in the former Canal Zone and in Panama during the American Era of the Panama Canal is now available for sale.
Price: $49.95
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Presented by Panama Canal Museum, hardcover, sepia and color photos, 304 pages ….106 family stories….construction day work experiences….Roosevelt Medal holders and descendants….life in the former Canal Zone and in Panama….family relationships….family photos….pictorial journey through the American era……the Panama Canal.
This 304-page book’s success is due to many contributors—first and foremost, the 92 storytellers! An important legacy is memorialized forever with these reflections, historical perspectives, and family photos. As the Panama Canal Museum’s President Joe Wood expresses in the book’s Message from the President, “The family histories contained in this book provide a fascinating glimpse of life in Panama and the former Canal Zone during the American Era of the Panama Canal, from 1904-1999.
We hope these stories convey the pride and dedication of the many men and women who contributed to the success of this great American enterprise.” The book has been further enhanced with a wonderful series of “landmark” photos donated by some truly outstanding photographers, as well as official organizations, which illustrate the special life we built during the American era. These color and black and white photos tell a story without having to refer to any of their captions. They are contained at the end of the book in a 30-page color section, and are also scattered throughout the book where space was available at the end of family stories and where there was a picture to match up with relevance to the family story. As stated by Panama Canal Museum’s President Emeritus, Chuck Hummer, in his message in the book, “I, for one, thank the Panama Canal Museum and those who labored to make this “Write of Passage” a reality. For those who read these stories in the future, I hope you find them as exciting to read and reflect upon as it was for us to live them.”