A splendidly engaging narrative of Bell's life and work, abundantly illustrated with captioned photos (approx. 400; 25 in color) of the vibrant and prolific inventor himself, his family and associates, his numerous inventions, and his wide-ranging activities. A well-conceived, nicely produced reference, and a wonderful browse. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone

Biographies & Memoirs

Grosvenor, Edwin S.

Wesson, Morgan

Historical

Harry N. Abrams

Between the Fall of Rome and the Renaissance were the Middle Ages. Once seen as a thousand years of warfare, religious infighting, and cultural stagnation, they are now understood to be the vital connection between the past and the present. Along with the battles that helped shape the modern world are a rich heritage of architecture, arts, and literature, of empire and its dissolution. It was the era of the Crusades and the Norman Conquest, the Black Death and the fall of Constantinople. It is a landscape both familiar and foreign, dark and foreboding at times, but also filled with the promise and potential of the future.

The Middle Ages

History

Europe

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Some of America’s foremost historians – including James M. McPherson, Allan Nevins, and Stephen B. Oates – recount the extraordinary life of Abraham Lincoln in this collection of the best essays from sixty years of American Heritage. Lincoln, the book argues, “evolved into nothing less than an apostle for the sanctity of the Union, the ethic of majority rule, and the dreams of freedom and equality of opportunity. Who could have so predicted when Lincoln had seemed the least qualified candidate for the presidency?” Lincoln comes to life in this selection from America’s leading history magazine, chosen by its current editor-in-chief, Edwin S. Grosvenor.

The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln

Leaders & Notable People

Here, Edwin Grosvenor, American Heritage’s publisher and Bell’s great-grandson, tells the dramatic story of the race to invent the telephone and how Bell’s patent for it would become the most valuable ever issued. He also writes of Bell’s other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. And he examines Bell’s humanitarian efforts, including support for women’s suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a “greenhouse effect” of pollution causing global warming.

Alexander Graham Bell

Americas

New Word City

Some of America's foremost historians - including Bruce Catton, David McCullough, James McPherson and Stephen Sears – tell extraordinary stories of courage, disaster, and triumph in this collection of the best articles from sixty years of American Heritage. The Civil War posed a critical test of the young nation's character, endurance, and will to survive. Coming only two generations after the nation's founding, the secession of Southern states challenged the very existence of the United States. "America's most monumental drama and morality tale" comes alive in this brilliant collection from America's leading history magazine, as selected by its current editor-in-chief, Edwin S. Grosvenor.

The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War

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Alexander Graham Bell: The Life and Times of the Man Who Invented the Telephone

The Middle Ages

The Best of American Heritage: Lincoln

Alexander Graham Bell

The Middle Ages

The Best of American Heritage: The Civil War