Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
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9780306813948 - Kenneth Silverman: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse
Kenneth Silverman

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse (2004)

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ISBN: 9780306813948 bzw. 0306813947, in Englisch, 512 Seiten, Da Capo Press, Taschenbuch, neu.

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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., Paperback, Label: Da Capo Press, Da Capo Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2004-09-22, Freigegeben: 2004-09-21, Studio: Da Capo Press, Verkaufsrang: 560563.
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9780306813948 - Kenneth Silverman: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse
Kenneth Silverman

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life Of Samuel F.B. Morse (2004)

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN PB US

ISBN: 9780306813948 bzw. 0306813947, in Englisch, 512 Seiten, Da Capo Press, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.

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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., Paperback, Label: Da Capo Press, Da Capo Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2004-09-22, Freigegeben: 2004-09-21, Studio: Da Capo Press, Verkaufsrang: 560563.
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9780375401282 - Silverman, Kenneth: Lightning Man
Silverman, Kenneth

Lightning Man

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ISBN: 9780375401282 bzw. 0375401288, in Englisch, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, gebundenes Buch, neu, E-Book.

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Biography & Autobiography, In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prizewinning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as perhaps the most illustrious American of his age. Silverman presents Samuel Morse in all his complexity. There is the gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and larger historical canvases) and pioneer photographer, who gave the first lectures on art in America, became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college (New York University), and founded the National Academy of Design. There is the republican idealist, prominent in antebellum politics, who ran for Congress and for mayor of New York. But most important, there is the inventor of the American electromagnetic telegraph, which earned Morse the name Lightning Man and brought him the fame he sought. In these pages, we witness the evolution of the great invention from its inception as an idea to its introduction to the worldan event that astonished Morse's contemporaries and was considered the supreme expression of the country's inventive genius. We see how it transformed commerce, journalism, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the very shape of daily life, ushering in the modern era of communication. But we discover as well that Morse viewed his existence as accursed rather than illustrious, his every achievement seeming to end in loss and defeat: his most ambitious canvases went unsold; his beloved republic imploded into civil war, making it unlivable for him; and the commercial success of the telegraph engulfed him in lawsuits challenging the originality and ownership of his invention. Lightning Man is the first biography of Samuel F. B. Morse in sixty years. It is a revelation of the life of a fascinating and profoundly troubled American genius. From the Hardcover edition. eBook.
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0375401288 - Kenneth Silverman: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Kenneth Silverman

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse

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ISBN: 0375401288 bzw. 9780375401282, in Englisch, Knopf, gebraucht.

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artists architects and photographers,arts and literature,biographical,biographies,biographies and history,biography and history,electrical and electronics,engineering,history,language arts, In this brilliantly conceived and written biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning Kenneth Silverman gives us the long and amazing life of the man eulogized by the New York Herald in 1872 as "perhaps the most illustrious American of his age." Silverman presents Samuel Morse in all his complexity. There is the gifted and prolific painter (more than three hundred portraits and larger historical canvases) and pioneer photographer, who gave the first lectures on art in America, became the first Professor of Fine Arts at an American college (New York University), and founded the National Academy of Design. There is the republican idealist, prominent in antebellum politics, who ran for Congress and for mayor of New York. But most important, there is the inventor of the American electromagnetic telegraph, which earned Morse the name Lightning Man and brought him the fame he sought.In these pages, we witness the evolution of the great invention from its inception as an idea to its introduction to the world-an event that astonished Morse's contemporaries and was considered the supreme expression of the country's inventive genius. We see how it transformed commerce, journalism, transportation, military affairs, diplomacy, and the very shape of daily life, ushering in the modern era of communication.But we discover as well that Morse viewed his existence as accursed rather than illustrious, his every achievement seeming to end in loss and defeat: his most ambitio.
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9780375401282 - Kenneth Silverman: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Kenneth Silverman

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse

Lieferung erfolgt aus/von: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika EN HC NW

ISBN: 9780375401282 bzw. 0375401288, in Englisch, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, gebundenes Buch, neu.

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9780306813948 - Kenneth Silverman: Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse
Kenneth Silverman

Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse

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ISBN: 9780306813948 bzw. 0306813947, in Englisch, Da Capo Press, Taschenbuch, neu.

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