A Saga of the Seas; The Story of Cyrus W. Field and the Laying of the First Atlantic Cable,

New York, NY: Wilson-Erickson Inc. Very Good. 1937. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Field turned his attention to telegraphy after he was contacted in January 1854 by Frederic Newton Gisborne, a British engineer, who aimed to establish a telegraph connection between St. John's, Newfoundland and New York City, started the work, but failed due to the lack of capital. Later that year he, with Peter Cooper, Abram Stevens Hewitt, Moses Taylor and Samuel F. B. Morse, joined the so-called Cable Cabinet of entrepreneurs, investors and engineers. Through this Cable Cabinet, Field became instrumental in laying a 400-mile (640 km) telegraph line connecting St. John's, Newfoundland with Nova Scotia, coupling with telegraph lines from the U. S. American investors took over Gisborne's venture and formed a new company called the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company (N. Y. N. L. T. C. ) after Field convinced the Cable Cabinet to extend the line from Newfoundland to Ireland." (from Wikipedia) .