A thread across the ocean : the heroic story of the transatlantic cable / John Steele Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, John Steele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transatlantic cables--History.

Transatlantic cables.

Telegraph--United States--History.

Telegraph.

Telegraph--Great Britain--History.

History.

Great Britain.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Walker & Co., 2002.

Summary:

Shedding fascinating new light on an American saga, Gordon explores the laying of the transatlantic cable in 1866--one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.

Contents:

I "An Enterprise Worthy of This Day of Great Things" 1

II Cyrus Field 14

III Newfoundland 28

IV "How Many Months? Let's Say How Many Years!" 47

V Raising More Capital 61

VI The First Cable 75

VII "And Lay the Atlantic Cable in a Heap" 100

VIII Lightning Through Deep Waters 121

IX "Here's the Ship to Lay Your Cable, Mr. Field" 142

X A New Cable, a New Attempt 163

XI "The Great Eastern Looms All Glorious in the Morning Sky" 187

Epilogue

"There Were Two Worlds ... Let There Be One" 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-227) and index.

ISBN:

0802713645

OCLC:

49743606