Biography as literature lost one of its modern masters when Edmund Morris died in May. His magnum opus on Theodore Roosevelt, begun in the 1970s and completed a decade ago, made a forceful impression ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Given that inventor Thomas Edison had a curious mind, maybe it’s fitting that with “Edison,” author Edmund Morris has given ...

Thomas Edison, celebrating his 81st birthday, sits at the telegraph key at Fort Myers, Florida, Feb. 25, 1928,which turned on the new lighting system in Bellingham, Washington (AP photo). The myth is ...

Charles Trueheart is a contributing editor at the American Scholar. Biography as literature lost one of its modern masters when Edmund Morris died in May. His magnum opus on Theodore Roosevelt, begun ...

The Edisons -- Childhood and boyhood -- The wanderyears -- The free-lance inventor -- Pluck-and-luck Edison -- "A bloated eastern manufacturer" -- The inventor and the "Barons" -- Menlo Park -- The ...