The First Transatlantic Cable paperback Nathan, Adele Gutman

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“library discard, may contain stamps/stickers and protective plastic from circulation”
ISBN
9781479416783
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wildside Press, LLC
ISBN-10
1479416789
ISBN-13
9781479416783
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038377559

Product Key Features

Book Title
First Transatlantic Cable
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), History / United States / General, History / United States / 19th Century
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Author
Adele Gutman Nathan
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Third Grade
Grade To
Sixth Grade
Synopsis
In The First Transatlantic Cable, Adelc Gutman Nathan tells the fascinating story of how some of the most brilliant scientists, businessmen, statesmen, inventors and soldiers of fortune joined with Mr. Field in playing for the great stakes and making the dream come true., "Maybe it is a crazy idea!" The year was 1854 and the speaker was an engineer named Frederick N. Gisborne. He was telling Cyrus W. Field how he had almost given up the fight to carry out his idea of running a cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence to connect Nova Scotia with Newfoundland. Mr. Field didn't think the idea was crazy at all. He went even further. He began to dream of a transatlantic cable. But could it be done? Could anybody even make a waterproof cable line two thousand miles long? How could it be laid on the ocean floor, if the ocean had a floor? And could the "lightning" travel for such a distance--between two continents? It would be the greatest gamble ever attempted. In The First Transatlantic Cable, Adelc Gutman Nathan tells the fascinating story of how some of the most brilliant scientists, businessmen, statesmen, inventors and soldiers of fortune joined with Mr. Field in playing for the great stakes and making the dream come true. Personalities like Samuel F.B. Morse, the genius of the telegraph, Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Father of Oceanography," and Isambard Kingdom Brunei, the Little Giant of engineering, come to life in these pages. Here is the adventure story of one of the most thrilling chapters in history.

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