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A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable
- Title
- A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable / John Steele Gordon.
- Author
- Gordon, John Steele.
- Publication
- New York : Walker & Co., 2002.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 240 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.
- Contents
- 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."
- Call Number
- JSD 03-253
- ISBN
- 0802713645
- LCCN
- 2002066385
- OCLC
- 49743606
- Author
- Gordon, John Steele.
- Title
- A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable / John Steele Gordon.
- Imprint
- New York : Walker & Co., 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JSD 03-253