A New York Times poll, in 1922, named Thomas Edison the greatest living American, and, to this day, his genius is unquestioned. But during some of the most productive and tumultuous years of his life, his business affairs began to cast a shadow over his formidable stature. Edison: His Life and Inventions helped restore a tarnishing portrait and did much to re-establish his everlasting legacy. Through Edison and his associates’ own words, this first authorized biography gave its audience a first-hand look into the mind of a great man, during the most innovative period in world history, and for that fact alone, it is worth reading today.