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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

Margaret Frith Who HQ John O'Brien

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English
Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
29 December 2005
Series: Who Was?
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.
By:   ,
Illustrated by:   John O'Brien
Imprint:   Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 195mm,  Width: 137mm,  Spine: 6mm
Weight:   102g
ISBN:   9780448437651
ISBN 10:   0448437651
Series:   Who Was?
Pages:   112
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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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