telegraph

Jackrabbit McCabe's unusually long legs have made him the fastest thing around, and he uses his speed for everything from racing against horses to fetching the doctor, but when the electric telegraph arrives in Windy Flats, Jackrabbit may have met his match.

Chronicles the life of Samuel Morse, focusing on the evolution of his invention of the American electromagnetic telegraph.

This innovative book gives readers insight into this exciting profession and includes information on pioneers in the world of electricity, new technologies, and innovations.

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.

Presents the life of Samuel F. Morse focusing on his childhood, education, portrait paintings, marriage, his time as professor of Fine Arts, and as inventor of the telegraph.

A short biography of nineteenth-century American artist and inventor Samuel Morse that profiles his life and works which included his work on a code that made the telegraph a practical method of sending messages through electric wires.

A biography of the artist and inventor who devised the world's first practical telegraph system.

Explores the Santa Fe, Oregon-California, and Mormon trails as well as the routes into the American West forged by Lewis and Clark, the Pony Express, and the transcontinental telegraph and railroad, looking at the lives of the people who made the dangerous trek and the settlements that sprang up along the way.

Chronicles the development of the telegraph in the United States with biographical sketches of Samuel Morse and other inventors.