Thomas Edison - History's All-Stars Author:Sue Guthridge Modern life wouldn?t be the same without Thomas Edison, an all-star of American history and the acclaimed inventor and developer of the telegraph, electric light bulb, alkaline battery, and more. — Thomas Edison was born in 1847, in a time without phonographs, moving pictures, or reliable electric light bulbs?because he hadn?t invented them yet!
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From his early beginnings in Ohioto his legendary lab in Menlo Park, the childhood and life of Thomas Edison are illuminated in this narrative biography.« less