Title Guitar genius : how Les Paul engineered the solid-body electric guitar and rocked the world / by Kim Tomsic ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.

Publication Info.

San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2019]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB PAUL	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department	J TRUE STORIES BIO PAUL	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 787.87 PAUL	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Children's Department	J780.92 PAU	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department	J780.92 PAU	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Children	JE B Explore PAUL	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Department	JB PAUL LES	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department	J B PAUL	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department	JB-PAUL, L.	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical reference.
Summary	This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.
Subject	Paul, Les -- Juvenile literature.
	Paul, Les. (OCoLC)fst00081629
	Guitarists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Guitarists. (OCoLC)fst00949233
	Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
	Guitarists.
	Inventors.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Picture books.
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Helquist, Brett, illustrator.
ISBN	9781452159195 (hardcover) ;) (alk. paper)
	145215919X (hardcover) ;) (alk. paper)

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