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* Israel, Paul. ''Edison: A Life of Invention'' (2000), 552pp; the standard scholarly biography [http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Life-Invention-Paul-Israel/dp/0471362700/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]

* Israel, Paul. ''Edison: A Life of Invention'' (2000), 552pp; the standard scholarly biography [http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Life-Invention-Paul-Israel/dp/0471362700/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]

* Israel, Paul, and Robert Friedel,. ''Edison's Electric Light'' (1986), scholarly study

* Israel, Paul, and Robert Friedel,. ''Edison's Electric Light'' (1986), scholarly study

* Jones,  Francis Arthur. ''Thomas Alva Edison: Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life‎'' (1908) 362 pages; [http://books.google.com/books?id=6pkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES full text online]

* Jones,  Francis Arthur. ''Thomas Alva Edison: Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life‎'' (1908) 362 pages; [https://books.google.com/books?id=6pkNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES full text online]

* Jones, Jill. ''Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World.'' (2003) 430pp

* Jones, Jill. ''Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World.'' (2003) 430pp

* McFee, Inez Nellie Canfield. ''The Story of Thomas A. Edison‎'' (1922) 182 pages; popular; [http://books.google.com/books?id=KqMDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES online edition]

* McFee, Inez Nellie Canfield. ''The Story of Thomas A. Edison‎'' (1922) 182 pages; popular; [https://books.google.com/books?id=KqMDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:thomas+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES online edition]

* Millard, Andre. ''Edison and the Business of Innovation'' (1990), strong scholarly study

* Millard, Andre. ''Edison and the Business of Innovation'' (1990), strong scholarly study

* Stross, Randall E. '' The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World‎'' (2007) 376 pages; a debunking account that says his inventions were exaggerated and that after 1882 Edison was mostly a PR genius

* Stross, Randall E. '' The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World‎'' (2007) 376 pages; a debunking account that says his inventions were exaggerated and that after 1882 Edison was mostly a PR genius

** vol 5: ''The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879-March 1881'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Papers-Thomas-Edison-Development-1879-March/dp/0801831040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

** vol 5: ''The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879-March 1881'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Papers-Thomas-Edison-Development-1879-March/dp/0801831040/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229892178&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

** vol 6: '' Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881--March 1883'' (2007)  940pp

** vol 6: '' Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881--March 1883'' (2007)  940pp

* Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. Committee on St. Louis Exposition. ''"Edisonia," a brief history of the early Edison electric lighting system'' (1904) [http://books.google.com/books?id=zA0LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=%22pearl+street%22+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA63-IA1,M1 complete text online], shows many of Edison's inventions  

* Association of Edison Illuminating Companies. Committee on St. Louis Exposition. ''"Edisonia," a brief history of the early Edison electric lighting system'' (1904) [https://books.google.com/books?id=zA0LAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=%22pearl+street%22+intitle:edison&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES#PPA63-IA1,M1 complete text online], shows many of Edison's inventions  

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