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This brilliantly conceived biography is the very American tale of a quiet man, raised by religious zealots, who became a gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and historical canvases), became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college, and founded the National Academy of Design. A classic overachiever, this was simply not enough for Samuel F. B. Morse; he subsequently ran for Congress and mayor of New York. Lastly, in his most famous life's work, he invented a machine that was to transform commerce, communication, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the course of the modern world. What invention could be so revolutionary? The telegraph, of course-and the eponymous Morse code. Here is the story of an incredible invention, and an engrossing life, by a Bancroft- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

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Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: historical, political & military

• Full title: Lightning Man
• Author: Kenneth Silverman
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• EAN: 9780306813948
• ISBN: 0306813947
• ID: 04575489
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Weight: 676 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 158 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2004

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