[PDF.42vv] A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

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 | #341666 in Books |  Harper Perennial |  2003-07-01 |  2003-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.62 x5.31l,.48 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Eliminating the Ocean|By Michael E. Fitzgerald|This is one of those very good, against all odds reads that leaves you impressed with one man's ability to motivate those around him and in so doing achieve the impossible. The mid nineteenth century laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable was the scientific and entrepreneurial business event of its day. Much of the technology requi|From Publishers Weekly|Most of us don't think twice about picking up the phone and reaching someone in Germany in a matter of seconds. We often forget that less than 150 years ago, if one wanted to do business in Europe, one got on a boat for two weeks because t

Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable.

But in 1866, the Old and New Worlds were united by the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic. John Steele Gordon's book chro...

You easily download any file type for your device.A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable   |  John Steele Gordon.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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