02444nam 2200613 450 991046144460332120200520144314.01-4985-0141-9(CKB)3710000000473816(EBL)4086438(SSID)ssj0001546039(PQKBManifestationID)16136227(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546039(PQKBWorkID)13435994(PQKB)10389769(MiAaPQ)EBC4086438(Au-PeEL)EBL4086438(CaPaEBR)ebr11125265(CaONFJC)MIL829412(OCoLC)921143382(EXLCZ)99371000000047381620150319h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSamuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity /George F. BotjerLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated,[2015]©20151 online resource (149 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-0142-7 1-4985-0140-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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and Reviled; 6 Locust Grove; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the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.InventorsUnited StatesBiographyPaintersUnited StatesBiographyTelegraphHistoryElectronic books.InventorsPaintersTelegraphHistory.621.383092BBotjer George F.1937-927993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461444603321Samuel F.B. Morse and the dawn of the age of electricity2084801UNINA