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قراءة كتاب Cyrus W. Field; his Life and Work
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Cyrus W. Field; his Life and Work
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CYRUS W. FIELD
HIS LIFE AND WORK
[1819-1892]
EDITED BY
ISABELLA FIELD JUDSON
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896
Copyright, 1896, by Isabella Field Judson.
All rights reserved.
TO
MY FATHER’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THESE PAGES
Are Dedicated
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Parentage and Early Home Life (1819-1835) | 1 |
| II. | Early Life in New York (1835-1840) | 14 |
| III. | Marriage and Business Life (1840-1853) | 27 |
| IV. | Out of Debt—A Voyage to South America (1853) | 42 |
| V. | The First Cable (1853-1857) | 59 |
| VI. | The First Cable (continued) (1857) | 74 |
| VII. | A Fleeting Triumph (1858) | 86 |
| VIII. | Failure on All Sides (1858-1861) | 122 |
| IX. | The Civil War (1861-1862) | 131 |
| X. | Capital Raised for the Making of a New Cable—Steamship “Great Eastern” Secured (1863-1864) | 154 |
| XI. | The Failure of 1865 | 182 |
| XII. | The Cable Laid—Cable of 1865 Grappled for and Recovered—Payment of Debts (1866) | 199 |
| XIII. | The Reconstruction Period (1867-1870) | 232 |
| XIV. | International Politics—Rapid Transit (1870-1880) | 267 |
| XV. | The Pacific Cable—The Golden Wedding (1880-1891) | 303 |