# The boys' life of Edison

Author: Meadowcroft, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853-

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50523

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+boys%27+life+of+Edison+Meadowcroft&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I. The Early Days of Electricity............ 1 II. Edison's Family.......................... 5 III. Edison's Early Boyhood................... 15 IV. The Young Newsboy........................ 21 V. A Few Stories of Edison's Newsboy Days... 32 VI. The Young Telegraph Operator............. 41 VII. Adventures of a Telegraph Operator....... 49 VIII. Work and Invention in Boston............. 75 IX. From Poverty to Independence............. 88 X. A Busy Young Inventor.................... 101 XI. The Telephone, Motograph, and Microphone. 117 XII. Making a Machine Talk.................... 129 XIII. A New Light in the World................. 135 XIV. Menlo Park............................... 145 XV....

## Chapters

- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-boys-life-of-edison-50523/chapters/17/index.md)