Title The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.

Publication Info.	New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
	©2019

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Avon Free Public Library - Teen Desk	TEEN 621.3 WINCHELL	Check Shelf
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Edition	First edition.
Description	260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note	"Christy Ottaviano Books."
Audience	Ages 12-14.
Summary	"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.
Contents	The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal vs. the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked -- To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls -- After the storm (an epilogue).
Subject	Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 -- Juvenile literature.
	Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943 -- Juvenile literature.
	Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914 -- Juvenile literature.
	Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. (OCoLC)fst00061561
	Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943. (OCoLC)fst00028173
	Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914. (OCoLC)fst00133674
	Electrification -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Electric power -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Electrical engineering -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Lighting -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Inventors -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Electric power. (OCoLC)fst00905358
	Electrical engineering. (OCoLC)fst01728596
	Electrification. (OCoLC)fst00906330
	Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
	Lighting. (OCoLC)fst00998642
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	9781250120168 (hardcover)
	1250120160 (hardcover)

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