A THREAD ACROSS THE OCEAN: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
by Gordon, John Steele
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in a fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper.)/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0802713645
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713643
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About This Item
New York:: Walker,, (2002.). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper.). First printing. A fascinating account of an epic struggle, lasting over 40 years, and one of the most extraordinary engineering feats of the 19th century, which culminated in 1866 when the Old and New Worlds were united by the successful laying of a telegraph cable that spanned the Atlantic. Photographs, Notes, bibliography, index. 240 pp.
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- Title
- A THREAD ACROSS THE OCEAN: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
- Author
- Gordon, John Steele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in a fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper.)
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802713645
- ISBN 13
- 9780802713643
- Publisher
- Walker,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2002.)
- Keywords
- 19th century, technology, communications, cyrus vance, lord kelvin, isambard kingdom brunnel,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: World;
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