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The last Edison biography I read was A Streak of Luck. Can anyone recommend anything newer that is good?
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"Edison Inventing the Century" by Neil Baldwin published in 1995. Why does it have to be newer? I also would read Boy's Life of Edison by W.H. Medowcroft it is an older book, I have two copies, one from 1911, and the other from 1948. Another older one I like is Edison, His Life and Inventions Author: Frank Lewis Dyer By Frank Lewis Dyer
General Counsel For The Edison Laboratory And Allied Interests
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Thomas Commerford Martin
Ex-President Of The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers.

Published while Edison was alive.



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A great read is: Edison: Life of Invention by Paul Israel.

Paul Isreal is well known and currently linked with the Edison West Orange, NJ Museum

http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Life-Inven ... 0471362700

Only 16 bucks at Amazon!

You may even be able to find it in your local library..

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Thanks for the suggestions. I was looking for newer ones, since I had read a lot of the older stuff.
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