Each title in this series tells the story of a man or woman whose dedication to their chosen cause led to changes that affect all our lives today. Each includes a vivid description of the world in which the famous person lived. At school, Thomas Edison's teachers thinks he is stupid. How wrong they are! He grows up to become one of the greatest inventors of the Victorian age, inventing he electric light bulb, an early record player, and much more. This book traces his life from his early days as a worker on the American railways to his rise as the head of a huge business empire.
- ISBN10 0749643390
- ISBN13 9780749643393
- Publish Date 31 January 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 March 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Franklin Watts Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 48
- Language English