The Cable: The Wire That Changed the World

Gillian Cookson

ISBN 10: 0752439030 / ISBN 13: 9780752439037

Published by The History Press LTD, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cable: The Wire That Changed the World
• Publisher: The History Press LTD
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752439030
• ISBN 13: 9780752439037
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

The compelling story of how the first transatlantic cable was laid —the people who dared, the people who lost, and the people who profited. It tells of the dramatic attempts to cross the Atlan-tic during the 1850s and 1860s, from the first failed attempts to the project that finally succeeded. An inconceivably audacious attempt to overcome the forces of nature in the name of human progress and technology, the laying of the cable was to change forever our means of communication. The speed with which information could now be transmitted was unprecedented and revolutionized the face of news and the global economy.

About the Author

Gillian Cookson is an acknowledged expert on the transatlantic telegraph cable.