Cyrus Field's Big Dream: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
by
Mary Morton Cowan
Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Imprint
Calkins Creek
ISBN
9781629795560
Awards and Honors
NSTA Best STEM Books - 2019
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language
In the mid-1800s, no one knew if it was possible to connect North America and the United Kingdom with a telegraph line that would enable instant communication. Cyrus Field wasn't dissuaded by this fact . . . or by his numerous setbacks. Author's note. Time line. Resources. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Black-and-white and full-color illustrations, photographs, and reproductions.
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Language: Mild Language
Details
Format
Page Count
224
Trim Size
10" x 8"
Dewey
384.109163/1
AR
7.2: points 7
Lexile
980L
Genre
Nonfic
Scholastic Reading Counts
0
JLG Release
Feb 2019
Book Genres
Topics
Cyrus Field (1819–1892). US businessmen. US entrepreneurs. Telegraphy. Telegraphs. Telegraph cables. Atlantic Telegraph Company. Transatlantic telegraph cable. Telecommunications. Biography. Nineteenth-century history. Engineering.
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