Cyrus Field’s determination to speed up communications between the United States and Europe galvanized a project that would have daunted others.

Vermont Book Shop and Town Hall Theater will present James M. Tabor and his new book, Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age, on Wednesday, July 1, ...

Explore a new take on telecommunication through Waitsfield author James Tabor’s latest book “Lightening Beneath the Sea.” ...

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Lightning Beneath the Sea: The Race to Wire the World and the Dawn of the Information Age by James M. Tabor, W.W. Norton, 368 pages. $31.99. Imagine waiting two weeks for news to cross the Atlantic ...