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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Margaret Frith
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By (author) Who HQ
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Illustrated by John O'Brien
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| Series | Who Was? |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:112 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 137 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780448437651
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| Classifications | Dewey:B |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Putnam Inc
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| Imprint |
Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
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| Publication Date |
29 December 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly! Here's an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.
Author Biography
Margaret Frith is the author of numerous children's books, including several titles in the Who Was? series, such as Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?, Who Was Louis Braille?, Who Was Franklin Roosevelt? and Who Was Woodrow Wilson? She lives in New York City. John O'Brien has held writing fellowships at the University of Iowa and Stanford University, and he was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. His work has appeared inHudson Review,Massachusetts Review,TriQuarterly,Country Journal,Harrowsmith, andGray's Sporting Journal. He lives with his wife, Becky, in Franklin, West Virginia. Nancy Harrison is an illustrator known for the Who Is...series and for graphic illustrations for Fortune 500 Companies. Nancy received her master's degree from Syracuse University.
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