A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable
by Gordon, John Steele
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AR Book Level
9.7
AR Points
12
Word Count
59,403
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
104835 EN
About this book
This book chronicles the story of the laying of a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1866, an unprecedented communications feat conceived of and promoted by American businessman Cyrus Field.