A Streak of Luck (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Conot
- First Published: 1979
- Time of Work: 1847–1931
- Setting: Ohio, Michigan, New York, and New Jersey
- Principal Characters: Thomas Alva Edison, Mary Stilwell, Mina Miller, Charles Batchelor, John Kruesi, Henry Villard, Charles Edison
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Biography, Inventions or inventors, Light, Telegraphs, Telephones
- Locales: New York, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey
Form and Content
A Streak of Luck is a straightforward biography of inventor Thomas Alva Edison. The narrative by Robert Conot is mainly chronological, beginning with Edison’s birth in Milan, Ohio, in 1847 and ending with his death in New Jersey at the age of eighty-four. In between those two dates, Conot relates a remarkable story.
The book divides Edison’s life into halves. Conot labels the first part “The Inventor” and the second “The Industrialist.” Each illustrates Edison’s main concerns at different times of his life. Inventing came first....
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