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The Singing Line: the Story of the Man Who Strung the Telegraph Across Australia, And the Woman Who Gave Her Name To Alice Springs by Alice Thomson
The Singing Line: the Story of the Man Who Strung the Telegraph Across Australia, And the Woman Who Gave Her Name To Alice Springs by Alice Thomson
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In 1855 an impoverished young English scientist went to chance his luck in Australia - as Government Astronomer and superintendent of Telegraphs for the small colony of South Australia. With him went his young wife Alice - after whom Alice Springs would be named. Charles Todd was following a dream - the near impossible task of stringing a telegraph wire across the wilderness of the Australian outback. In 1997, Charles Todd's great-great-great-granddaughter, Alice, followed in his footsteps. Her plan was to track the telegraph - and her ancestors - from Adelaide over the thousands of miles of desert, outback, swamp and mountain that Charles Todd had crossed in the 1860s with his four hundred men.
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| ISBN: | 9780099272823 |
| Condition: | Good |
| Description: | Owner's Name inside. |
Note: This image is from a stock photo and may differ from the actual cover.
SKU: 1300311
Location: Non Fiction
Location: Non Fiction
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