Review: Edison

Edison by Edmund Morris
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A comprehensive biography of Thomas Edison, Morris' book is rich in technical history and details while offering little new in understanding the man himself. Perhaps that is as it should be. Edison seems opaque in many ways, perhaps because he was increasingly closed in by his deafness. And he seemed less willing to share himself as a person, even with those he loved, than he was to share the gifts of his mind and invention with the world.

For an unfathomable reason, Morris chose to have this biography go backwards. I cannot determine a scholarly, literary or entertainment value in doing so and recmmend simply reading the book backwards.




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