Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

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Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

By: Margarita Engle

In 1914, the opening of the Panama Canal was hailed as a modern miracle, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and marking America’s rise as a global power. But behind the achievement were thousands of laborers—many known as the "silver people"—who toiled in brutal conditions for little pay. Newbery Honor-winning author Margarita Engle gives voice to the workers and the rainforest itself in this powerful story of sacrifice, resilience, and transformation.

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In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world’s two largest oceans and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood—and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day. 

From the young silver people whose back-breaking labor built the Canal to the denizens of the endangered rainforest itself, this is the story of one of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, as only Newbery Honor-winning author Margarita Engle could tell it.
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Used in World Geography and Ecology 7-9

  • By: Margarita Engle

  • Pages: 272

  • ISBN: 9780544668706

  • Media: Paperback

  • Reading level: 7th +
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