Gibson, John M. Physician to the World: The Life of William C. Gorgas. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, l950; reprint ed., Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, l989.
Biography of entire life. Primary focus is on career as sanitation officer in Panama.
Gorgas, Marie D. and Burton J. Hendrick. William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, and Co., l924.
Dated biography by his wife; focuses on his sanitation work in Panama.
McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, l870-1914. New York: Simon & Schuster, l977.
Pages 405-458 provide best brief survey of the importance of Gorgas in saving lives and making possible completion of Panama Canal.
Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk. "Josiah Gorgas, A Victorian Father." Civil War History 32 (September l986): 229-46.
This article on William Crawford Gorgas's father, Josiah, also provides insight on the son.
Suggested Activity: Visit Gorgas House on the University of Alabama campus.
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