Reluctant genius
Subtitle: Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention
By: by Charlotte Gray.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Arcade Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
Subjects: Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.; Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention
Description: Draws on new research to offer insight into the inventor's private life, as well as his passionate drive for new innovations, discussing the influence of his speech therapist father and deaf mother on his work, his tempestuous relationship with his wife, and his avoidance of fame and fortune.
Table of contents: title: The early years, good vibrations; title: Old reekie, 1847/1870; title: Boston bound, 1870/1874; title: A Brahmin childhood, 1857/1873; title: Good vibrations, 1873/1875; title: The fateful "twang," 1875; title: Nantucket frenzy, 1875; title: Patent no. 174,465, 1875/1876; title: The middle years, a new world; title: Courtship and marriage, 1876/1877; title: London life, 1877/1878; title: Patent challenges, 1878/80; title: A restless mind, 1880/1885; title: Atlantic adventures, 1885/1889; title: Helen Keller and the politics of deafness, 1886/1890; title: The final years: a magnificent man and his flying machines; title: Escape to Cape Breton, 1889/1895; title: Steam-powered rockets, 1895/1901; title: Washington winters, 1895/1904; title: The Aerial Experiment Association, 1901/1914; title: Final years, 1914/1923.