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A Thread Across the Ocean
The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
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Artikel-Nr:
9780060524463
Veröffentl:
2003
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.07.2003
Seiten:
272
Autor:
John Steele Gordon
Gewicht:
218 g
Format:
203x135x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
John Steele Gordon is a columnist for American Heritage and the author of A Thread Across the Ocean, The Great Game, Hamilton's Blessing, and The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in North Salem, New York.
Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe -- the center of world affairs -- was only as quick as the fastest ship could cross the Atlantic, making the United States isolated and vulnerable.