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A Thread Across the Ocean
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LENGTH6 hrs and 21 mins
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RELEASE DATE11-26-02
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Field was not the first to conceive such a venture, but he was the first to act on the idea, writing to Samuel Morse and finding another ally in the naval surveyor and architect Matthew Fontaine Maury. With the limited sum of $1.5 million, Field and company eventually managed to make the transatlantic cable a reality, and even if its early iterations turned out to be duds, their work did in fact revolutionize communications and "laid down the foundations of what would become...a global village."
A Thread Across the Ocean is a satisfying book for the budding entrepreneur and general readers as well.
©2002 John Steele Gordon; (P)2002 Books on Tape, Inc.
What the Critics Say
"This is an appealing account...and an entertaining reminder of the storied past of expensive technology gambles." (Publishers Weekly)
"Gordon, a business historian, skillfully and briskly recounts the saga of the transatlantic telegraph project....Gordon's evocation of Field's pioneering spirit will fascinate tech-history buffs." (Booklist
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What Members Say
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"great audiobook"
on the surface you might question how such an event could be converted into an audiobook in an attempt to captivate the listener. On all fronts this book was very well executed, the narrator puts enough inflection and pace to maintain the listeners interest throughout. From the daring concept of the project through the main protagonists and on to the many testing circumstances there are no flat periods in this book at all.
I would heartily recommend this audiobook1 of 1 people found this review helpful -
"Good stuff."
Gordon provides a solid historical account of (to me) a sometimes overlooked, undertold story of a wildly ambitous endeavor. I was left with a new appreciation for this undertaking and 19th century communications in general.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful -