Synopsis
Exploring the life and personality of one of America's greatest twentieth-century innovators, this unique biography examines the ambitions and obsessions that inspired the genius. Reprint.
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Review
"Baldwin has demythologized the man and left the genius bigger than life."-David Gates, "Newsweek"
"Edison has been the subject of many earlier biographical studies, yet Mr. Baldwin sees more clearly than the rest how Edison's life was his greatest invention."-G. Pascal Zachary, "Wall Street Journal"
"In this scrupulously detailed, thoroughly captivating biography, Neil Baldwin presents America in a man--as strange, obsessed, and tangled and brilliant as the age he literally illuminated. After reading "Edison", you wonder how it is possible to understand the country without him."--Roger Rosenblatt--Roger Rosenblatt
In this scrupulously detailed, thoroughly captivating biography, Neil Baldwin presents America in a man as strange, obsessed, and tangled and brilliant as the age he literally illuminated. After reading "Edison," you wonder how it is possible to understand the country without him. --Roger Rosenblatt"
About the Author
Neil Baldwin is an executive director of the National Book Foundation and coeditor of "The Writing Life." He is the author of critically acclaimed biographies of William Carlos Williams and Man Ray, as well as "Legends of the Plumed Serpent: Biography of a Mexican God."
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