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    612-822-4611

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Signal & Noise

Signal & Noise

Griesemer, John

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $40.99

ISBN10: 0312423349
ISBN13: 9780312423346
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: Apr 1 2004
Pages: 593
Weight: 1.80
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

On a wet London morning in 1857, American engineer Chester Ludlow arrives on the muddy banks of the Isle of Dogs to witness the launch of the largest steamship ever built, the Great Eastern. Also amidst the tumultuous throng is Jack Trace, a lonely bachelor and sketch artist hoping to make his name as an illustrator and journalist in the hurly burly of Fleet Street. The two men, along with Ludlow's wife Franny, his imposing brother Otis, the bombastic entrepreneur J. Beaumol Spude, the dwarfish inventor of the Great Eastern, the creator of the modern sewer system, his adulterous wife, and a wily prostitute will all become involved with various modes of communication, with the realization of the Victorian age. They will witness and participate in the creation of the first transoceanic telegraph cable. It is the thread that will connect worlds and break apart lives.

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