TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwoch,James
TI  - Wired into nature: the telegraph and the North American frontier 
T2  - History of Communication Ser
SN  - 9780252050459
AV  - TK5123 .W574 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Telegraph
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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