A Thread across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
ISBN-10:
0743231279
ISBN-13:
9780743231275
Author(s): JOHN STEELE GORDON
Edition: First Trade Paperback
Released: Jan 01, 2002
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Australia
Format: Paperback, 239 pages
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This book recounts the dream of one American business man, Cyrus Field, to revolutionise communications forever. His endevour joined joined America to Europe with the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable. It took a decade of effort, millions of dollars, the solution of innumerable technological problems and uncommon physical, financial, and intellectual courage to complete.
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