Schwoch, James,  1955- <br/><br/>
Wired into nature :  the telegraph and the North American frontier / 
 Telegraph and the North American frontier 
James Schwoch. 
 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - History of Communication Ser. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Landscapes, Ecosystems, and Prevailing Westerlies: The Great Plains; 2. Storms Moving in a Ring of Fire: The Civil War; 3. Changes in the Forecast: Data Gathering, Mapping, and Weather Predictions; 4. Dreams of a Boreal Empire, Nightmares of a Polar Vortex: The Arctic; 5. Hot Winds on a Sun-Baked Desert: The Southwest; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 
<br/><br/> The completion of the Transcontinental Telegraph in 1861 completed telegraphy's mile-by-mile trek across the West. In addition to linking the coasts, the telegraph represented an extraordinary American effort in many fields of endeavor to know, act upon, and control a continent. Merging new research with bold reinterpretation, James Schwoch details the unexplored dimensions of the frontier telegraph and its impact. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252050459 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718290 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Telegraph--History.--West (U.S.)<br/>Telegraph--Social aspects--History.--West (U.S.)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK5123  / .W574 2018