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A Wizard from the Start

The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison

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Pub Date May 03 2010 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Clarion Books

Children's Nonfiction

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A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery—but his success was made possible by his boundless energy. At age fourteen he coined his personal motto: “The More to do, the more to be done,” and then went out and did: picking up skills and knowledge at every turn. When learning about things that existed wasn't enough, he dreamed up new inventions to improve the world.
 
From humble beginnings as a farmer’s son, selling newspapers on trains and reading through public libraries shelf by shelf, Tom began his inventing career as a boy and became a legend as a man. 

A wizard from the start, Thomas Edison had a thirst for knowledge, taste for mischief, and hunger for discovery—but his success was made possible by his boundless energy. At age fourteen he coined...

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ISBN 9780547194875
PRICE $17.99 (USD)
PAGES 32

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