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Lightning Man by Kenneth Silverman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
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Lightning Man by Kenneth Silverman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
From Kenneth Silverman
Current price: $33.99
From Kenneth Silverman
Lightning Man by Kenneth Silverman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Current price: $33.99
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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. | Lightning Man by Kenneth Silverman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters