A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable – An Epic 19th-Century Achievement that United America and Europe cover
A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable – An Epic 19th-Century Achievement that United America and Europe
by John Steele Gordon
ISBN: 0060524464
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Diederich · 2015-12-23 · Original thread
One of the most interesting books I read was mentioned here on HN early this year: A Thread Across the Ocean

http://www.amazon.com/Thread-Across-Ocean-Heroic-Transatlant...

It covers the beginnings of one of the most important historical legs that most of our amazing technology rests on.