Author: Samuel Irenæus PRIME
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
The Life of S. F. B. Morse
Author: Samuel Irenæus PRIME
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Lightning Man
Author: Kenneth Silverman
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307434370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
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 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.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307434370
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
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 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.
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Author: Samuel Irenaeus Prime
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385245001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385245001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
The American Leonardo
Author: Carleton Mabee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Boss
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: del Monte Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780692064719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The story of S.F.B. Morse, founder of Pebble Beach, California, an icon of the good life in his time. He was a big fish in a small pond, and he made that pond even more beautiful. He dominated the Monterey Peninsula for 50 years and his vision was the basis for the creation of one of the most attractive pieces of real estate in the world.
Publisher: del Monte Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780692064719
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The story of S.F.B. Morse, founder of Pebble Beach, California, an icon of the good life in his time. He was a big fish in a small pond, and he made that pond even more beautiful. He dominated the Monterey Peninsula for 50 years and his vision was the basis for the creation of one of the most attractive pieces of real estate in the world.
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, LL. D.
Author: Samuel Irenæus Prime
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inventors
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
The Life of Samuel F.B. Morse, LL. D., Inventor of the Electro-magnetic Recording Telegraph
Author: Samuel Irenæus Prime
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385388104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385388104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
The Life of Samuel F.B. Morse
Author: Samuel Irenèus Prime
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Wizard of the Wires
Author: Helen Nicolay
Publisher: New York ; London : D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A biography of the artist and inventor who devised the world's first practical telegraph system.
Publisher: New York ; London : D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A biography of the artist and inventor who devised the world's first practical telegraph system.
The Life of Samuel F B Morse
Author: Samuel I. Prime
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795031564
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780795031564
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description