Wizard of Menlo Park How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

Name: Wizard of Menlo Park How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World
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ISBN: 9781400047635

ISBN-10: 1400047633

ISBN-13: 9781400047635

Edition: N/A

Authors: Randall E. Stross

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Thomas Edison's greatest invention? His own fame. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion-picture cameras, Thomas Edison's name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marvels. But this critical biography of the man who is arguably the most famous of all Americans provides a fuller view of Edison's life and times-revealing not only how he worked, but how he managed his own fame, becoming the first great celebrity of the modern age.

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/25/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.18" wide x 8.00" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Introduction



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


Epilogue


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index