A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable / John Steele Gordon.

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Main Author: Gordon, John Steele
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2002.
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245 1 2 |a A thread across the ocean :  |b the heroic story of the transatlantic cable /  |c John Steele Gordon. 
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300 |a xii, 240 p. :  |b ill., maps, ports., facsims. ;  |c 22 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-227) and index. 
505 0 |a An enterprise worthy of this day of great things -- Cyrus Field -- Newfoundland -- "How many months? : let's say how many years" -- Raising more capital -- The first cable -- "And lay the Atlantic cable in a heap" -- Lightning through deep waters -- "Here's the ship to lay your cable, Mr. Field" -- A new cable, a new attempt -- "The great Eastern looms all glorious in the morning sky". 
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