First Telegraph Line Across the Continent: Charles Brown's 1861 Diary

by James E. Potter

2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/Illustration

The transcontinental telegraph was a remarkable technological feat that had major consequences for the West and the nation as a whole. Yet relatively little has been written about it.

Recently re-discovered in the Smithsonian Institution collections, this previously unpublished diary is the only known extensive source written about the day-to-day construction of one segment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933307322
• ISBN13: 9780933307322
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: History Nebraska
• Length: 133 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 9.1"