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Alexander Graham Bell The Man Who Contracted Space

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Alexander Graham Bell The Man Who Contracted Space

by Mackenzie Bierstadt, Catherine

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Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Plates. Xiii, 382 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Gilt. First Printing, With 1928 Date On Tite Page. Very Good +, Clean, Gilt Bright But Not Brilliant, No Marks, Tiny Fray At Lower Rear Tip. Per Wikipedia, Catherine Dunlop Mackenzie (C.?1894 - 1949) Was A Canadian-Born Journalist Who Worked In New York City. Mackenzie Was Born In The Small Town Of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Around 1894.] Baddeck Was The Site Of Alexander Graham Bell's Summer Home, And Towards The End Of His Life He Spent Increasing Time There Conducting Experiments. For The Eight Years Preceding Bell's 1922 Death, Mackenzie Worked As His Personal Secretary And Research Assistant. In 1928 She Published A Biography Of Bell Entitled Alexander Graham Bell: The Man Who Contracted Space. By 1929, Mackenzie Had Moved To New York City Where She Initially Found Work Writing A Series Of Newspaper And Magazine Articles About Her Home Province Of Nova Scotia, Which Were Paid For By The Provincial Government. She Later Became The Parent/Child Editor Of The New York Times, A Position She Held Until Her Death. In 1947, She Received The Lasker Award For Her Work On Mental Illness, In Relation To Her Regular "Parent And Child" Column.[

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Title
Alexander Graham Bell The Man Who Contracted Space
Author
Mackenzie Bierstadt, Catherine
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Plates
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Soft cover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
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Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication
Boston / New York
Date Published
1928
Weight
0.00 lbs
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