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Cyrus Field's Big Dream: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
By Mary Morton Cowan
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By Mary Morton Cowan
Hardcover edition
Publisher Boyds Mills Press Imprint Calkins Creek ISBN9781629795560
Awards and Honors NSTA Best STEM Books - 2019Cyrus Field's Big Dream: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable
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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.
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