Description: This book explores Thomas Edison's activities and influence in Fort Myers, Florida, over 45 years, an important facet of Edison's life that is largely unknown.
Brief description: Michele Wehrwein Albion is a writer based in New Hampshire. She is the editor of The Quotable Eleanor Roosevelt, The Quotable Edison and other books.
Review Quotes:
"This is both a portrait of Thomas Edison and a record of the vast changes to the region of Fort Myers. . . . Albion, former curator of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, writes with an eye for extraordinary as well as ordinary details, from the difficult task of lighting Fort Myers in the late 1880's to family expeditions up the Caloosahatchee River and into the Everglades."--Publishers Weekly
"Albion has collected a plethora of unusual details about the celebrated inventor's years in Fort Myers and the impact his presence had on the sleepy town between 1885 and 1931."--FORUM Magazine
"A rich and interesting portrayal of Thomas and Mina Edison's work, recreation, and community activism in the Sunshine State."--Florida Historical Quarterly