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The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world  Cover Image Book Book

The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world

Winchell, Mike (author.).

Summary: "The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781250120168
  • ISBN: 1250120160
  • Physical Description: print
    260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal vs. the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked -- To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls -- After the storm (an epilogue).
Target Audience Note:
Ages 12-14.
Subject: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931 Juvenile literature
Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943 Juvenile literature
Westinghouse, George 1846-1914 Juvenile literature
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931
Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943
Westinghouse, George 1846-1914
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) 1847-1931
Tesla, Nikola 1856-1943
Westinghouse, George 1846-1914
Electrification History Juvenile literature
Electric power History Juvenile literature
Electrical engineering United States History Juvenile literature
Lighting United States History Juvenile literature
Inventors United States Juvenile literature
Electric power
Electrical engineering
Electrification
Inventors
Lighting
United States
Electrification
Electric power
Electrical engineering
Lighting
Inventors
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Science & Nature / History of Science
Genre: History.
Juvenile works.
Nonfiction.
Young adult literature.
Informational works.

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  • 8 out of 8 copies are currently available at PINES.

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      O'Kelly Memorial Library
Y 621.309 WIN ( Send Text)
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      Northwest Branch
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31012006126427 CHILDREN'S NONFICTION Available
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      Cedartown Public Library
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      Dog River Library
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