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A review by marisbest2
Edison by Edmund Morris
2.0
Edison is fascinating and impressive. This biography is a travesty. Its too dense in the wrong places. Its inexplicably written in reverse chronological order making tracing developments and characters impossible. Its unbalanced in its coverage of different events and inventions (did we really need so many pages on rubber?)
Every once in a while a paragraph here or there was brilliant. But overall, cannot recommend.
Edison was one of the first historical figures who's biography I ever read (I think I did a book report on him in first or second grade). But this was just sad to read.
Every once in a while a paragraph here or there was brilliant. But overall, cannot recommend.
Edison was one of the first historical figures who's biography I ever read (I think I did a book report on him in first or second grade). But this was just sad to read.