Books like Young Thomas Edison by Sterling North
Thomas Edison, who was deaf from birth, was not destined to become one of America’s greatest inventors, but he wasn’t about to let that stop him. As a hardworking young man, he invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but a few of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ‘the greatest living American.’ Follow 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.
First publish date: 1958
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Sterling North
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