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260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Christy Ottaviano Books."
The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal versus the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked... -- ...To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls
"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity."--
Recounts the scientific competition in the United States for the dominant electric current between Thomas Alva Edisoń⁰9Сs direct current, and Nikola Tesla and George Westinghousé⁰9Сs alternating current
Ages 12-14