02652cam a2200325 i 4500 888528926 TxAuBib 20191009120000.0 970207s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780810940055 0810940051 (OCoLC)36407845 DLC eng DLC BAKER NLGGC BTCTA YDXCP OCLCG BTN OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Grosvenor, Edwin S., 1951- Alexander Graham Bell : the life and times of the man who invented the telephone / Edwin S. Grosvenor and Morgan Wesson ; foreword by Robert V. Bruce. New York : Harry Abrams, 1997. 304 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-295) and index. "This volume is the first fully illustrated book about Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) and the early years of the telephone - an invention that transformed the culture, social fabric, and economy of the United States and, eventually, the world. Hundreds of rare and previously unpublished images reveal early phone history, turn-of-the-century America, and the remarkable Bell family." "At the center of this book is Alexander Graham Bell himself, whose remarkably fertile imagination spawned a raft of inventions most of us have never associated with his name. Working in the United States and Canada, he devised the first practical phonograph, the metal detector, the hydrofoil, and the respirator. In addition, Bell and his associates conducted 1,200 pioneering experiments in aviation, achieving the first public airplane flight in the United States. Bell helped found the National Geographic Society and its distinguished magazine. Further, he was instrumental in bringing Montessori education to America, was involved in early civil rights efforts, and did seminal work in deaf education (he was responsible for Helen Keller meeting her teacher Annie Sullivan)." "Created with unprecedented access to private materials - one of the coauthors is Bell's great-grandson - Alexander Graham Bell reveals the inventor as a man of warmth and human frailty, loved by his wife, children, and grandchildren."--Jacket. 20191009. Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922. Inventors United States Biography. Telephone United States History. Biography. History. Wesson, Morgan, 1951-