Thomas Edison for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities
Note to Readers What's in a Name THOMAS EDISON went by a variety of names at different times in his life His parents named him Thomas Alva Edison but called him Al as a boy When he went off to New York to begin his inventing career he used the business name Thomas A Edison As an adult his friends and family called him Tom When he became famous people referred to him simply as Edison or by such terms as the Wizard This book will use the names most commonly used by Edison himself during his childhood he went by Al as an
adult he used Thomas Don't let the changing names confuse you We re always talking about Thomas Alva
Acknowledgments OO a I HAVE LOTS of appreciation for Cynthia Sherry and Curt and Linda Matthews at Chicago Review Press Every project we've done together has been a joy I can't thank them enough for being great people to work with Many thanks also to Lisa Reardon editor who has been attentive to detail and a pleasure to work with My thanks for research archive and photograph help extends to several people especially Jean Paul Agnard Edison Phonograph Museum Quebec Cana da David Burgevin National Museum of American History Photo Services Paul Israel Thomas A Edi son Papers Rutgers University Piscataway New Jer sey Kathy Hoke Ohio Historical Society Laurence
Russell Edison Birthplace Museum Milan Ohio Victoria B Scott Edison National Historic Site Hal Wallace National Museum of American History Electricity Collections Edward Wirth Edison National Historic Site Thanks to Ed Carlson for reading the manuscript and for finding the rusty old phonograph I never would have known what it once was And of course thanks to Tyler Carlson and Brian Bruegeman for their ideas and help with the
