The Wizard of Menlo Park : how Thomas Alva Edison invented the modern world /
Stross, Randall E.
The Wizard of Menlo Park : how Thomas Alva Edison invented the modern world / Randall Stross. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2007. - 376 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-361) and index.
Success -- Almost famous -- The wizard of Menlo Park -- Flight -- Getting ahead -- Stagecraft -- Immersion -- Life after -- Starting anew -- Battle lost -- Fun -- Kingly privilege -- Friend Ford -- Letting go.
1400047625 9781400047628
2006028808
Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931.
Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
The Wizard of Menlo Park : how Thomas Alva Edison invented the modern world / Randall Stross. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2007. - 376 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-361) and index.
Success -- Almost famous -- The wizard of Menlo Park -- Flight -- Getting ahead -- Stagecraft -- Immersion -- Life after -- Starting anew -- Battle lost -- Fun -- Kingly privilege -- Friend Ford -- Letting go.
1400047625 9781400047628
2006028808
Edison, Thomas A. 1847-1931.
Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
Inventors--United States--Biography.