Annotated Bibliography
": A Brief History of Electronic Communication." ECT in Schools :. N.p., 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.This website had a great timeline on the communication advances, including the Telegraph and the Telephone.
Blondheim, Menahem. News over the Wires: The Telegraph and the Flow of Public Information in America, 1844-1897. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1994. Print.This book shows the history of the Telegraph and all of the communication advances from 1844-1897. It also talks about how public information flowed through America.
Burns, Bill. "History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Submarine Cable Route Maps." History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Submarine Cable Route Maps. FTL Design, 19 May 1999. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.This Website had great maps from over the time that showed where different Telegraph Lines were.
Cefrey, Holly. The Inventions of Granville Woods The Railroad Telegraph System and the "Third Rail" New York: Rosen Group, 2003. Print.I887, Granville Woods invented a railroad telegraph system, which made traveling by train safer. This system helped for train crews to figure out if there were trains around them and to know where every train was. This is a good example of how communication changed people's lives.
Keller, Morton, Mary Beth Klee, Joshua Zeitz, and John Holdren. The American Odyssey a History of the United States. Ohio: RR Donnelley, Willard, 2012. Print.This book provided a few pictures related with the telegraph and telephone, it also provided facts on the invention of the Telegraph and the Telephone and it includes information about the laying of the telegraph lines across the country and through the ocean.
Mabee, Carleton. "Samuel F.B. Morse (American Artist and Inventor)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.This Website provided me with some important background information about Samuel F.B. Morse.
Parker, Steve. Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone. New York: Chelsea House, 1995. Print.Alexander Graham Bell invented one of the most valuable technological advances in history. He took the next big step after the electric telegraph, when the telephone was patented on March 3, 1876, putting a mark in history.
"Timeline: The Evolution Of The Telephone (Tech Infographics)." Timeline: The Evolution Of The Telephone (Tech Infographics). N.p., 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.This website had a great timeline on the evolution of the Telephone.
Wheeler, Tom. Mr. Lincoln's T-mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War. New York: Collins, 2006. Print.This book is another great example of how Communication Advances in America changed people lives. The story shows how Abraham Lincoln used the Telegraph in the Civil War. It also had important information about the background of Samuel F.B. Morse.