Lightning Man - Couverture souple

Silverman, Kenneth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0306813947 ISBN 13 : 9780306813948

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2004

Synopsis

This brilliantly conceived biography is the very American tale of a quiet man, raised by religious zealots, who became a gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and historical canvases), became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college, and founded the National Academy of Design. A classic overachiever, this was simply not enough for Samuel F. B. Morse he subsequently ran for Congress and mayor of New York. Lastly, in his most famous life's work, he invented a machine that was to transform commerce, communication, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the course of the modern world. What invention could be so revolutionary? The telegraph, of course-and the eponymous Morse code. Here is the story of an incredible invention, and an engrossing life, by a Bancroft- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Born and raised in Manhattan, Kenneth Silverman is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. His other books include Timothy Dwight, A Cultural History of the American Revolution, Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance, and Houdini!!! The Life of Ehrich Weiss. He is winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for The Life and Times of Cotton Mather.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306813947
• ISBN 13: 9780306813948
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 503
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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