TY - BOOK AU - Stross,Randall E. TI - The Wizard of Menlo Park: how Thomas Alva Edison invented the modern world SN - 1400047625 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Crown Publishers KW - Edison, Thomas A. KW - Electrical engineers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Inventors N1 - 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 ER -