Gray, Charlotte,  1948- <br/><br/>
Reluctant genius :  Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention / 
 Alexander Graham Bell and the passion for invention 
Charlotte Gray. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - New York :  Arcade Pub. :  Distributed by Hachette Book Group USA,  c2006. 
 - 466 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Circuits and connections, 1847-1876 -- The great white plague, 1847-1870 -- The backwoods of Canada, 1870 -- Boston bound, 1871-1874 -- A Brahmin childhood, 1857-1873 -- Good vibrations, 1873-1875 -- The fateful "twang," 1875 -- Nantucket passion, 1875 -- Patent no. 174,465, 1875-1876 -- The struggle for balance 1876-1889 -- Ring for the future, 1876-1877 -- London life, 1877-1878 -- Litigation battles, 1878-1880 -- Sad losses, failed hopes, 1880-1885 -- Atlantic adventures, 1885-1889 -- A shifting balance, 1887-1889 -- Helen Keller and the politics of deafness, 1886-1890 -- Monster kites and flying machines, 1889-1923 -- Escape to Cape Breton, 1889-1895 -- Monster kites, 1895-1900 -- Family remains, 1900-1906 -- Bell's boys, 1906-1909 -- The auld chief, 1909-1915 -- The last hurrah, 1915-1923 -- The legacies of Alexander Graham Bell. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1559708093 (alk. paper) 9781559708098 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005029609 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inventors--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK6143.B4  / G73 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.385092  B