Bedtime Biography: Edison

Outline

Bedtime Biography: Edison (2019) tells the life story of Thomas Edison, based on Edmund Morris’s full-length biography. It follows Edison from his curious and restless childhood to his famous laboratory at Menlo Park, where he developed the phonograph, a practical electric light, and early motion pictures. The story highlights the persistence, experimentation, and hard work behind his inventions.

• Edison's curious, restless childhood shaped the inventor he became.
• His laboratory at Menlo Park was where his best-known work took shape.
• He developed the phonograph, a practical electric light, and early motion pictures.
• Persistence, constant experimentation, and hard work stood behind each of his inventions.

Edmund Morris (1940–2019) was a Kenyan-born British-American biographer. His first book, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, won the Pulitzer Prize, and his other works include Dutch, a biography of Ronald Reagan, and Edison, published shortly after his death.