Samuel Morse and the Telegraph

Non-fiction graphic novel, a welcome series! There are videos too. Perhaps this should be 5 stars. No complaints about what is there, just that there could be more.......more

Why I Read This Book: I've heard the telegraph called "The Victorian Internet", so I wanted to learn a little more about it. This is a brief and highly entertaining history of Samuel Morse's development of the telegraph and the Morse code. It does a good job of capturing the pain of living in the pre......more

Engaging graphics, informative text and a fun comic style summarize Morse' life, interests, inspirations, and invention. The need for faster communication, legal challenges to his inventor status, financial obstacles, further technological advances built upon his success and the fading of Morse code......more

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