Cyrus Field's Big Dream: The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable

by Mary Morton Cowan

A NSTA Best STEM Book

Explore the extraordinary achievement of Cyrus Field and one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: laying a transatlantic telegraph cable to create instant communication between two continents.

Cyrus Field had a big dream to connect North America and the United Kingdom with a telegraph line, which would enable instant communication. In the mid-1800s, no one knew if it was possible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629795569
• ISBN13: 9781629795560
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9