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Thomas Edison: Inventing the Future (Great Lives)

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Witness history in the making in this profile of Thomas Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, an authentic American genius who invented the phonograph and the electric light bulb and, in so doing, revolutionized the way we live.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Tween
DDC/MDS: 921 — History & geography Biography & genealogy Philosophers and psychologists
LCC: TK140 .E3 .M656 — Technology Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear
BISAC: BIO BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General

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Languages: English
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Published: 1990
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Tween
DDC/MDS: 921
LCC: TK140 .E3 .M656

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