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The Florida Life of Thomas Edison
Michele Wehrwein Albion
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Description for The Florida Life of Thomas Edison
hardcover. From 1885 until his death in 1931, Thomas Alva Edison and his family wintered in the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Fort Myers, south of Tampa. This book presents the story of his professional and leisure time while on holiday. It reveals how the Edisons' legacy influenced women's history, environmental history, black history, and Florida history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 b/w illustrations, 12 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was America's most famous and, arguably, most prolific, inventor. But few realize the extent to which he called Florida, not New Jersey, home.From 1885 until his death in 1931, Edison and his family wintered in the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Fort Myers, south of Tampa. There, they were the pride of the small town, which eagerly watched to see what magic the Wizard would conjure. The local newspaper chronicled Edison's local experiments, his establishment of a laboratory in town, and his successful efforts to electrify the area.Edison's presence encouraged Henry Ford to build a Florida ... Read more
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was America's most famous and, arguably, most prolific, inventor. But few realize the extent to which he called Florida, not New Jersey, home.From 1885 until his death in 1931, Edison and his family wintered in the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Fort Myers, south of Tampa. There, they were the pride of the small town, which eagerly watched to see what magic the Wizard would conjure. The local newspaper chronicled Edison's local experiments, his establishment of a laboratory in town, and his successful efforts to electrify the area.Edison's presence encouraged Henry Ford to build a Florida ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813032597
SKU
V9780813032597
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-47
About Michele Wehrwein Albion
Michele Wehrwein Albion, former assistant curator and registrar at the United States Holocaust Museum, was the first professional curator of the Thomas Edison and Ford Winter estates in Fort Myers, Florida. She lives in Dover, New Hampshire.
Reviews for The Florida Life of Thomas Edison
Finally, a smart but highly readable account of one of Florida's most famous snowbird couples! Mina and Thomas Edison were rock stars in sleepy Fort Myers, and Albion does a great job re-creating their lives that were lived beneath the banyan trees. Both entertaining and educational. - Ad Hudler, author of All This Belongs to Me and Southern Living. ""Fills ... Read more