num_pages: 83
description: Primary source documents capture Edison's spirit, the progress he made on new inventions and the setbacks - both personal and professional. Historian and author David King weaves a story from his own research into Edison's journals, letters, lab notes, drawings, peer criticism, and news accounts of the day. Grade 5 to adult.
language: English
title: Thomas Alva Edison: The King of Inventors
titlecomplete: Thomas Alva Edison: The King of Inventors (Scientists & Inventors Series)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: History Compass