R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 7/13/2021 + 1436 more book reviews

Great story! The author chose to write it because he was born in the town where Bell's parents moved to recover his health. Costain's wife urged him to tell it. When Bell later moved to the Boston area he returned when he needed his parent's support and/or recover his health. The author's passionate admiration made me I had lived to know the genius. Bell was a humble man to whom great wealth meant little beside the urge to pursue intriguing challenges.

Bell loved teaching and working with those whose hearing was impaired. Throughout his life he sat across from his hearing impaired wife so she could be involved in conversation. Yet his passion and genius found its true outlet inventoring. He didn't invent only the telephone. Once that was done, he moved to accomplish much more. From pages 211-212 readers find this list:

"Developed two new breeds of sheep;
Co-inventor of the aileron;
Experimented with an X-ray device;
Invented the action comic strip;
Invented an air conditioning system'
Invented an electrical probe for surgeons;
Invented the wax-disc phonograph record;
Suggested the iron lung;
Developed the fastest motor boat for its time;
Suggested an echo device for measurin water depth;
Predicted air power as the key to world supremacy;
Suggested a sound dector to locate icebergs;
Invented a method of tranmitting speech and sounds over a light beam;
Invented a devide to remove wheat husks before grinding'
Invented a method to change sea water into drinking water."

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