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Davis, Lynn

Summary: Discusses the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, an invention that changed the world.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016

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Marsh, Sarah

Summary: "Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2024

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MAR

Marsh, Sarah

Summary: Ellen Lark is on the verge of marriage when she and her fiancé receive an unexpected visit from Alexander Graham Bell. Ellen is deaf and for a time she was Bell's student learning visible speech. During their lessons, Bell also confided in her about his dream of producing a device that would transmit the human voice along a wire: the telephone. Now, on the cusp of wealth and renown, Bell wants...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2024

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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

Summary: A close-up look at the life of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and teacher of the deaf.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2006

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BELL MIC

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Peninsula Telephone Co. 2008

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.464 CEN
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: 977.464 CEN

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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 977.4 PEN

Colby, Jennifer

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Invent Colby

Gernter, Jon.

Summary: Highlights achievements of Bell Labs as a leading innovator, exploring the role of its highly educated employees in developing new technologies while considering the qualities of companies where innovation and development are most successful.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384 GER

Runyan, Aimie K.

Summary: "December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion. Like her life so far, it's all been carefully arranged. But when her beloved older brother is killed in combat, Ruby follows her heart and answers the Army Signal Corps' call for women operators to help overseas. As...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RUN

Bader, Bonnie

Summary: "Did you know that Bell's amazing invention--the telephone--stemmed from his work on teaching the deaf? Both his mother and wife were deaf. Or, did you know that in later years he refused to have a telephone in his study? Bell's story will fascinate young readers interested in the early history of modern technology!"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BEL

Cobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth

Summary: "In World War I, telephones linked commanding generals with soldiers in muddy trenches. A woman in uniform connected almost every one of their calls, speeding the orders that won the war. Like other soldiers, the "Hello Girls" swore the Army oath and stayed for the duration. A few were graduates of elite colleges. Most were ordinary, enterprising young women motivated by patriotism and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4 COB

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom Cobbs

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