CYRUS W. FIELD HIS LIFE AND WORK [1819-1892]

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CYRUS W. FIELD HIS LIFE AND WORK

CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND EARLY HOME LIFE (1819-1835)

CHAPTER II EARLY LIFE IN NEW YORK (1835-1840)

CHAPTER III MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS LIFE (1840-1853)

CHAPTER IV OUT OF DEBT—A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA (1853)

CHAPTER V THE FIRST CABLE (1853-1857)

CHAPTER VI THE FIRST CABLE (CONTINUED) (1857)

CHAPTER VII A FLEETING TRIUMPH (1858)

CHAPTER VIII FAILURE ON ALL SIDES (1858-1861)

CHAPTER IX THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1862)

CHAPTER X CAPITAL RAISED FOR THE MAKING OF A NEW CABLE—STEAMSHIP “GREAT EASTERN” SECURED (1863-1864)

CHAPTER XI THE FAILURE OF 1865

CHAPTER XII THE CABLE LAID—CABLE OF 1865 GRAPPLED FOR AND RECOVERED—PAYMENT OF DEBTS (1866)

CHAPTER XIII THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (1867-1870)

CHAPTER XIV INTERNATIONAL POLITICS—RAPID TRANSIT (1870-1880)

CHAPTER XV THE PACIFIC CABLE—THE GOLDEN WEDDING (1880-1891)

CHAPTER XVI LAST DAYS AND DEATH—IN MEMORIAM (1891-1892)