The electric war : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / Mike Winchell.

Author: Winchell, Mike, author.

Edition Statement:First edition.

ImprintNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

Imprint2019

Description260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:"Christy Ottaviano Books."

Note:The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal vs. the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked -- To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls -- Epilogue: after the storm -- The electric war: a timeline.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index.

Target AudienceAges 12-14.

Note:"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."-- Provided by publisher.

Note: AwardsA Junior Library Guild selection.

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