Isbn: 9780933307322 - First Telegraph Line Across the Continent: Charles Brown's 1861 Diary (14 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/IllustrationThe 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little has been written about it.Recently re-discovered in the Smithsonian Institution collections, this previously unpublished diary is the only known extensive source written about the day-to-day construction of one segment of the first transcontinental telegraph line.Brown's lively narrative is filled with period detail about individuals, road ranches, attitudes toward Indians, public promotion of the spirit of Manifest Destiny, difficulties facing construction crews, the nature of frontier law enforcement, and even the issues of secession and Civil War. Recently re-discovered in the Smithsonian Institution collections, this previously unpublished diary is the only known extensive source written about the day-to-day construction of one segment of the first transcontinental telegraph line. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 133pp. Interior clean, no markS, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners lightly rubbed.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 133pp. Interior clean, no marks except both editors signatures on the title page, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners lightly bumped. Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 133 pages. 8.75x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 133, Maps.

Condition: New. pp. 133 Illus., Maps.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 2012 Nebraska Book Award: Cover/Design/IllustrationThe 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little has been written about it.Recently re-discovered in the Smithsonian Institution collections, this previously unpublished diary is the only known extensive source written about the day-to-day construction of one segment of the first transcontinental telegraph line.Brown's lively narrative is filled with period detail about individuals, road ranches, attitudes toward Indians, public promotion of the spirit of Manifest Destiny, difficulties facing construction crews, the nature of frontier law enforcement, and even the issues of secession and Civil War.…

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