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Lightning man : [Text] the accursed life of Samuel F.B. Morse /

by Silverman, Kenneth.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York Knopf Distributed by Random House, 2003Edition: 1st ed.Description: vi, 503 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0375401288.Subject(s): Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 | Inventors -- United States -- Biography | Artists -- United States -- Biography | Telegraph | Cipher and telegraph codesSummary: Chronicles the life of Samuel Morse, focusing on the evolution of his invention of the American electromagnetic telegraph.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-454) and index.

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Chronicles the life of Samuel Morse, focusing on the evolution of his invention of the American electromagnetic telegraph.

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