Thomas Alva Edison: An American Myth

by Wyn Wachhorst

Book Overview

There have been countless biographies of Edison the man, detailing the course of his life and describing his inventions. The subject of this book is larger than life: Edison the Myth, Edison the Hero. It traces the transmutations of Edison's image in the eyes of his countrymen as the ideal embodiment of American values and virtues: hard work, perseverance, the gospel of technological progress, the mythology of the self-made man, individualism, optimism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262730650
• ISBN13: 9780262730655
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.