Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals. In Two Volumes, Volume II - Couverture souple

Morse, Samuel Finley

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444407295 ISBN 13 : 9781444407297

Editeur : Aeterna, 2026

Synopsis

Volume II of "Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals" follows Morse from the moment the idea of the electric telegraph flashes across his mind on the packet-ship Sully through the long, bruising, and ultimately triumphant decades that follow. In his own letters and notebooks we watch him abandon a promising career in art, endure poverty, skepticism, and political intrigue, and stubbornly refine an invention that governments and financiers are slow to understand. We see the first crude instruments tested in university rooms and along experimental lines, the tense fights over patents and priority, and the dramatic opening of the Washington-Baltimore line with messages that prove the world has changed forever. Yet this volume is more than a record of technical achievement. It reveals Morse as husband, father, Christian, and citizen: grieving losses, dreaming of a quiet home, wrestling with controversy, and traveling the world as honors and decorations finally arrive. From courtroom battles and Atlantic cable failures to peaceful days at "Locust Grove," these pages show the full arc of a life lived under the sign of invention, restless, conflicted, visionary, and, in the end, indelibly written into the history of global communication and the wired world it birthed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aeterna
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444407295
• ISBN 13: 9781444407297
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Morse Edward Lind
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