Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity /

Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Botjer, George F., author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 133 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, -- 1791-1872. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, -- 1791-1872. Inventors -- United States -- Biography. Painters -- United States -- Biography. Telegraph -- History. Inventors. Painters. Telegraph. United States. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11405276

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ISBN:	9781498501415 1498501419 9781498501408 1498501400
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself.
Other form:	Print version: Botjer, George F., 1937- Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity 9781498501408
Standard no.:	40025045562

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Preface
A Note on Sources and Endnote Citations
Bibliographical Note
1 An American Artist
2 Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret
3 From Wilderness to Empire
4 The Question of Origins and Originality
5 The Great Man Revered and Reviled
6 Locust Grove
Concluding Remarks
Bibliography
Index
About the Author.