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A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Perennial
Publication date
July 1, 2003
Pages
240
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060524463
ISBN-10
0060524464
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$13.99
Other format details
sci/tech
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A close-up look at one of the greatest engineering feats of all time describes the successful laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the remarkable physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history. Reprint.
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Paperback
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Reprint edition from Perennial (July 1, 2003)
9780060524463 | details & prices | 240 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $13.99
About: Describes the laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.
About: Describes the laying of a cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, exploring the physical, financial, and technological challenges of the project and assessing the impact of the cable on the course of twentieth-century history.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (November 3, 2008)
9781439568675 | details & prices | 240 pages | List price $22.95
About: Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable.
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