Young readers will be enthralled by the amazing story of inventor Thomas
Edison, a genius who forever changed life in the 20th century--and beyond. By
the end of his career, Edison had invented the light bulb, motion pictures, and
the phonograph and made improvements in almost every other means of
communication in use today.
"One of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling children's book series ever published."--"The New York Times
Margaret Cousins was an editor and author of short stories and novels for children. In her career, she worked at Good Housekeeping and McCall's. She was also senior editor at Doubleday and was fiction and book editor at The Ladies' Home Journal. Cousins is the author of the Landmark Books Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia and The Story of Thomas Alva Edison. She died in 1996.