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Edison, Thomas Alva

Adair, Gene. Thomas Alva Edison: Inventing the Electric Age. Oxford University Press, 1996. Covers both Edison's failures and achievements. For readers in grade 7 and up.

Baldwin, Neil. Edison, Inventing the Century. Hyperion, 1995; University of Chicago Press, 2001., Capably separates the myth from the man.

Davis, L. J. Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution. Arcade, 2003. An entertaining, anecdotal history of the development of electricity.

Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison. National Geographic Society, 2002. An introduction that illuminates the high points in Edison's life.

Israel, Paul. Edison: A Life of Invention. Wiley, 1998, 2000. Written by a leading Edison scholar.

Jonnes, Jill. Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. Random House, 2003. Profiles the three inventors as well as the business forces behind the development of electricity.

Pretzer, William S. Working at Inventing: Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Experience. John Hopkins University Press, 2002. A fascinating look at Edison's working environment in Menlo Park.

For younger readers

Guthridge, Sue. Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor. Aladdin, 1983. In the Childhood of Famous Americans series; for readers in grades 3 to 6.

Sproule, Anna. Thomas Edison: The World's Greatest Inventor. Blackbirch, 2000. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Tagliaferro, Linda. Thomas Edison: Inventor of the Age of Electricity. Lerner, 2003. For readers in grades 6 to 9.