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050 00 TK5611|b.G67 2002 
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100 1  Gordon, John Steele. 
245 12 A thread across the ocean :|bthe heroic story of the 
       transatlantic cable /|cJohn Steele Gordon. 
264  1 New York :|bWalker & Co.,|c2002. 
300    xii, 240 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-227) and 
       index. 
505 00 |gAn|tenterprise worthy of this day of great things --
       |tCyrus Field --|tNewfoundland --|t"How many months? : 
       let's say how many years" --|tRaising more capital --|gThe
       |tfirst cable --|t"And lay the Atlantic cable in a heap" -
       -|tLightning through deep waters --|t"Here's the ship to 
       lay your cable, Mr. Field" --|gA|tnew cable, a new attempt
       --|g"The|tgreat Eastern looms all glorious in the morning 
       sky". 
526 0  Accelerated Reader AR|bUG|c9.7|d12.0|z104835. 
650  0 Cables, Submarine|zAtlantic Ocean|xHistory. 
650  0 Telegraph|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Telegraph|zGreat Britain|xHistory. 
994    90|bGWU