An edition of A Thread Across the Ocean (2002)

A Thread Across the Ocean

The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

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An edition of A Thread Across the Ocean (2002)

A Thread Across the Ocean

The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable

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"Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, however, they were a fact of life. The United States was remote from Europe, the center of world affairs, and communication was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic. Instant contact seemed as unlikely then as walking on the moon did in the 1950s.".

"The Civil War had barely ended, however, when the Old and New Worlds had been united by the successful laying of a telegraph cable that spanned the Atlantic in 1866. A Thread Across the Ocean chronicles this extraordinary achievement, one of the greatest engineering feats of that century - and perhaps of all time."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Publisher
Walker & Company
Language
English
Pages
272

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Edition Availability
Cover of: A Thread Across the Ocean
A Thread Across the Ocean
August 2003, Books on Tape
Audio Cassette in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: A Thread Across the Ocean
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
July 1, 2003, Harper Perennial
in English
Cover of: A Thread Across the Ocean
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
July 1, 2003, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: A thread across the ocean
A thread across the ocean: the heroic story of the transatlantic cable
2002, Simon & Schuster
in English
Cover of: A thread across the ocean
A thread across the ocean: the heroic story of the transatlantic cable
2002, Walker & Co.
in English
Cover of: A Thread Across the Ocean
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
June 1, 2002, Walker & Company
Hardcover in English

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First Sentence

"THOMAS NIGHTINGALE HAD PROSPERED in South Carolina almost from the day he had arrived as a young man from his native Yorkshire in the 1720s."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
272
Dimensions
8.3 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
13.9 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7876837M
Internet Archive
threadacrossocea00gord
ISBN 10
0802713645
ISBN 13
9780802713643
Library Thing
139011
Goodreads
1843517

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THOMAS NIGHTINGALE HAD PROSPERED in South Carolina almost from the day he had arrived as a young man from his native Yorkshire in the 1720s.
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