Reluctant genius, Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention, Charlotte Gray
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Reluctant genius, Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention, Charlotte Gray
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-445) and index
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individual biography
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illustrationsmaps
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Reluctant genius
Nature of contents
bibliography
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62118266
Responsibility statement
Charlotte Gray
Sub title
Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention
Table Of Contents
Circuits and connections, 1847-1876 -- The great white plague, 1847-1870 -- The backwoods of Canada, 1870 -- Boston bound, 1871-1874 -- A Brahmin childhood, 1857-1873 -- Good vibrations, 1873-1875 -- The fateful "twang, " 1875 -- Nantucket passion, 1875 -- Patent no. 174,465, 1875-1876 -- The struggle for balance 1876-1889 -- Ring for the future, 1876-1877 -- London life, 1877-1878 -- Litigation battles, 1878-1880 -- Sad losses, failed hopes, 1880-1885 -- Atlantic adventures, 1885-1889 -- A shifting balance, 1887-1889 -- Helen Keller and the politics of deafness, 1886-1890 -- Monster kites and flying machines, 1889-1923 -- Escape to Cape Breton, 1889-1895 -- Monster kites, 1895-1900 -- Family remains, 1900-1906 -- Bell's boys, 1906-1909 -- The auld chief, 1909-1915 -- The last hurrah, 1915-1923 -- The legacies of Alexander Graham Bell
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Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention