A wizard from the start : the incredible boyhood & amazing inventions of Thomas Edison

Title
A wizard from the start : the incredible boyhood & amazing inventions of Thomas Edison

Personal Author EPSB
Don, Brown

Summary
From his humble boyhood as a farmer's son, selling newspapers on trains, reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, and dreaming of new inventions, Thomas Edison went on to create the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.

Year Published
2010

Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Awards
A Junior Library Guild selection.

Personal Subject
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.

Subject
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
 
Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.

Summary
From his humble boyhood as a farmer's son, selling newspapers on trains, reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, and dreaming of new inventions, Thomas Edison went on to create the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera.

ISBN
9780547194875

Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
A. Blair McPherson921 EDIBook31458000025794Non-Fiction