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Reluctant genius : Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gray, Charlotte, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Arcade Pub. : [2006]
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Bell, Alexander Graham, > 1847-1922.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
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.