Climbing the Thousand Stairs to police headquarters in Panama, the vagabond travel writer Harry Franck signs on as a policeman in the Canal Zone during the last years of construction. Armed with badge, coupon books and railway passes, he roams the camps and towns, taking a census and dealing with the workers, from West Indian labourers to American engineers.
A lively, street-level view of the building of the Panama Canal from one of America’s great tramp travellers. Download the free EPUB.