The book "American Type of the Isthmian Canal Broadcasting Speech of the Honorable John Fairfield Dryden in the Senate of the United States, June 14, 1906" is a valuable document that reflects an important stage in the history of the formation and construction of the Panama Canal. The author, the Honorable Senator John Fairfield Dryden, examines in his speech the role and influence of American broadcasting in the process of building the canal, which was a great engineering challenge of the time. In his book, Dryden carefully examines the peculiarities of communication and speech of workers, engineers and participants in the construction of the Panama Canal, pointing out the importance of communication for the successful implementation of such an ambitious project. His analysis reflects how communication skills influenced construction work and how speech became an integral part of the lives of American workers and engineers in Panama. This book is not only an important historical document, but also really helps to better understand the time and conditions in which the construction of one of the greatest engineering projects of the world scale was carried out. The author successfully combined historical facts with the analysis of language and communication, which makes this book interesting not only for historians, but also for specialists in the field of communications and cultural studies.