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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Thomas A Edison |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin V Melosi |
| ISBN: | 9780205539390 0205539394 |
| OCLC Number: | 79001986 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xii, 228 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Editor's Preface Author's Preface *On the Urban Frontier *Itinerant Telegrapher *An Inventor's Apprenticeship *Invention Factory *Success in a Cotton Thread *Electrifying the World *Gilded Age Industrialist *The Persistence of Vision *The Corporate Image *The Wizard at War *Twilight Years *Legacy Study and Discussion Questions A Note on the Sources Index. |
| Series Title: | Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.) |
| Responsibility: | Martin V. Melosi. |
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