Describes all the events and personalities involved in the monumental undertaking which precipitated revolution, scandal, economic crisis, and a new Central American republic.

Includes index.

Book 1 :Vision 1870-1894 -- Threshold -- Hero -- Consensus of One -- Distant Shores -- Incredible Task-- Soldiers Under Fire -- Downfall -- Secrets of Panama -- Book 2 : Stars and Stripes Forever 1890-1904 -- Theodore the Spinner -- Lobby -- Against All Odds -- Adventure by Trigonometry -- Remarkable Revolution -- Envoy Extraordinary -- Book 3 : Builders 1904-1914 -- Imperturbable Dr. Gorgas -- Panic -- John Stevens -- Man with the Sun in His Eyes -- Chief Point of Attack -- Life and Times -- Triumph.