Rick M. (rickmillls9) reviewed The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers on + 9 more book reviews
This is a fascinating and excellent book on the history of telegraphic communications and how each successive improvement made the world smaller. However, there is a glaring omission. The book ends by implying the telegraph is dead and no longer exists, when in fact, there are thousands of amateur radio operators who use telegraph keys and Morse code on a daily basis today. A final chapter describing this would have been most appropriate.
Nancy K. (bobswife) reviewed The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers on + 29 more book reviews
Loved it. It illustrated the changes to society engendered by the telegraph. In its day, the telegraph was, as the title states, the Victorian Internet.
