Description
“One would think that I had never done anything worthwhile but the telephone,” complained Alexander Graham Bell. No wonder he was annoyed; Bell invented the phone when he was just 29 and went on to lead a long and inventive life.
This biography in the Snapshots: Images of People and Places in History series chronicles the life and many remarkable achievements of Alexander Graham Bell, including his work with the hearing impaired and experiments with flight, iceberg locators and, of course, the telephone.
Author Bio
Elizabeth MacLeod has written more than 80 books, including biographies, picture books, cookbooks and other nonfiction titles. Dinosaurs, royal murder, forensic science, horses that changed history—she’s written about them all. Liz is a Member of the Order of Canada and has won the Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book. She has also won children’s choice awards across the country, including the Hackmatack, Red Cedar, Red Maple and Silver Birch. Liz's most recent books include How to Become an Accidental Activist and Get Out and Vote!. She lives in Toronto.
Prizes
- Best Books for Children , Science Books & Films 1999
- Silver Birch Award, Ontario Library AssociationShort-listed 1998
- Hackmatack Children's Choice Book AwardShort-listed 2001
- Red Cedar Book AwardShort-listed 2002
- Our Choice - Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book CentreCommended 1999
- Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, Children's Book CouncilCommended 2000
- Information Book Award, Children's Literature Roundtables of CanadaShort-listed 2000
Review Quotes
In what has ... become a rush to publish biographies of Bell, this emerges as the least formal, most approachable of the pack.
— ForeWord
Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life is packed with pertinent information, it is easy to read, and it includes an excellent chronology of Bell's life and times as well as great photographs, working notes, and sketches.
— Books in Canada
In what has ... become a rush to publish biographies of Bell, this emerges as the least formal, most approachable of the pack.
— Kirkus Reviews
Using photographs and copies of Bell's notes and letters, as well as text, all advantageously positioned, MacLeod ably conveys the prodigious curiosity and inventiveness that propelled an extraordinary life.
— The Globe and Mail
