Isbn: 9781493069415 - seduced by the light: the mina miller edison story (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. First edition. Fine, fresh, unread as-new copy inequally fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper, "6/23 342 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. ___/ I hope this book finds a special place on your book shelf/ A Rimer". First printing (no statement or note of additional printings which is correct). Hardcover. The first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison (1865-1947), the wife of Thomas Edison and the woman who created and shaped the myth around one of the most seminal figures in American history. Following the death of his first wife, Thomas went in search of a mother for his children and chose a 20-year old socialite from Ohio who was 19 years his junior. Over the years, Edison was so absorbed in his work that both his wife and his children were neglected as he usually only interacted with them at dinnertime. Mina was actively involved in community work, urban reform, and environmental activism both in the family's residence town of West Orange, New Jersey as well as in Fort Myers, Florida where the family usually wintered. Biographer Alexandra Rimer drew from unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of thuis female protagonist.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.07 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America's history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison. Exhaustively researched by author Alexandra Rimer, this account draws on unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the Edison family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this female protagonist.Following his first wife's death, Thomas Edison went in search of the next mother to his children and chose a wealthy twenty-year-old socialite from Ohio who was nineteen years his junior. What Mina did not know at the time was that Edison was a terrible father, completely neglecting his children and, ultimately, Mina herself. Absorbed in his work, he only interacted with his family at dinner, and sometimes not even then. The result was a dysfunctional family overseen by a saintly matriarch who went to great lengths to protect Edison's reputation as well as that of his wayward children.…

Zustand: New.