Young Thomas Edison
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.
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Young Thomas Edison
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.
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Young Thomas Edison

Young Thomas Edison

by Sterling North
Young Thomas Edison

Young Thomas Edison

by Sterling North

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101022313
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 03/19/2009
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 192
Lexile: 1150L (what's this?)
File size: 287 KB
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Sterling North (1906-1974) was awarded a Newbery Honor for the autobiographical Rascal.
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