Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Sources and Endnote Citations -- Bibliographical Note -- 1 An American Artist -- 2 Starving Artist Invents Telegraph in Greenwich Village Garret -- 3 From Wilderness to Empire -- 4 The Question of Origins and Originality -- 5 The Great Man Revered and Reviled -- 6 Locust Grove -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary
In this book, based on previously unpublished archival sources, George F. Botjer examines the importance of time and place in the launch of Samuel F. B. Morse's invention and his resulting fame and how the invention affected the inventor himself
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
English
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