Morris, Edmund

Presents a comprehensive biography of inventor Thomas Alva Edison by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Edmund Morris that draws on millions of pages of original documents and family papers still held in trust. Describes Edison's life, his patent of nearly 1,100 inventions and founding of nearly 250 companies, his work as a futurist, chemist, botanist, and philosopher, and his legacy today. Also debunks myths of enmity between Edison and Nikola Tesla, and presents proof of their respectful relationship.

The third in a series of biographical works on the life on Theodore Roosevelt, this volume chronicles Roosevelt's life from 1910 through his death in 1919. Describes Roosevelt's accomplishments and travels during this time and outlines the factors that influenced his reluctant return to the world of politics.

A biography of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt focusing specifically on his two terms in office.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years from his birth in 1858 to 1901 when, with the death of President McKinley, he became the youngest president of the United States.

A biography of Ronald Reagan, tracing his life from his birth in 1911 in rural Illinois, and discussing his acting career, his stint in the armed forces, his marriages, and his political achievements.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt in the decade after he left the White House, discussing his year-long safari through East Africa, his return to the public arena, and his failed bid for the presidency in 1912, and sharing details of his personal life and accomplishments.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, following his life and activities during his presidency, from his emergency oath of office in 1901 following the death of assassinated President McKinley, to his departure from office nearly eight years later.

A biography of Ronald Reagan, tracing his life from his birth in 1911 in rural Illinois, and discussing his acting career, his stint in the armed forces, his marriages, and his political achievements.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt, covering the years 1858 to 1901, before he became the youngest President of the United States.

Beethoven was a genius so universal that his popularity, extraordinary even during his lifetime, has never ceased to grow. It now encircles the globe: Beethoven's most famous works are as beloved in Beijing as they are in Boston. Biographer Morris brings the composer to life as a man of astonishing complexity and overpowering intelligence. A gigantic, compulsively creative personality unable to tolerate constraints, he was not so much a social rebel as an astute manipulator of powerful and privileged aristocrats, at a time when their world was threatened by the rise of Napoleon. Struggling against progressive, incurable deafness (which he desperately tried to keep secret), he nonetheless produced towering masterpieces. Morris illuminates Beethoven's life, including his interactions with the women he privately lusted for but held at bay, and his work, whose grandeur and beauty were conceived "on the other side of silence."--From publisher description.