Young Thomas Edison
Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Science and Technology, History, Natural World
| Author: | Sterling North | ISBN: | 9781101022313 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group | Publication: | March 19, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Puffin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sterling North |
| ISBN: | 9781101022313 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Publication: | March 19, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Puffin Books |
| Language: | English |
Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing his sense of hearing to losing his hard-earned fortune, in this intriguing biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing his sense of hearing to losing his hard-earned fortune, in this intriguing biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
