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How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one of the greatest inventors of all time? In part 1, we cover Edison's life from his birth up through his invention of the phonograph.
Sources:
Edison by Edmund Morris
The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall Stross
The Thomas A Edison Papers - Rutgers University
Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes
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How did Thomas Edison rise from obscure origins in a frontier town in Michigan to become the most famous man of his age and one of the greatest inventors of all time? In part 1, we cover Edison's life from his birth up through his invention of the phonograph.
Sources:
Edison by Edmund Morris
The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall Stross
The Thomas A Edison Papers - Rutgers University
Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes

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