As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he'll find that no one is quite who they seem. In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. Yet Cravath shares with his famous opponent a compulsion to win at all costs. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal, including the backing of J.P. To defend himself, Westinghouse makes a surprising choice in his attorney: He hires a young, untested twenty-six-year-old fresh out of Columbia Law School named Paul Cravath. Thomas Edison has won the race to the patent office and is suing his only remaining rival, George Westinghouse, for the unheard-of sum of one billion dollars. The miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The book is in very good condition, with little to no signs of use. Fifth St., Los Angeles CA 90071 or call (213) 228-7272.The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore is a 357-page softcover published in 2016 by Random House, New York. Make a donation by check to the Los Angeles Public Library and send it to:.Foundation members receive a variety of benefits with their membership. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter Summary and Analysis. The Library Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds for Library enhancement programs such as adult and early literacy, children and teen reading clubs, technology, and cultural programs. Night is a memoir by Elie Wiesel that was first published in 1960. Join the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.For more information click here or talk to your local librarian. Friends groups raise money for improvements to their library through memberships, used book sales and other activities. There is a “Friends of the Library” group for most branch libraries and departments of the Central Library. You can support the Los Angeles Public Library in several ways: With more people than ever before using the library-a record 17 million last year alone-your support helps the Library provide people with the resources they need to succeed and thrive. Through its Central Library and 72 branches, the Los Angeles Public Library provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city's diverse communities. The Los Angeles Public Library serves the largest most diverse population of any library in the United States. This terrific historical novel is well worth the read. Also, there is a great deal of information about the early electrification of America, and the real-life characters behind the current wars. You hope that Tesla is alive and that Paul can win his lawsuits. For example, who is the mole or spy in Westinghouse's factories working for Edison? Graham Moore’s plot and writing make you care about the characters, especially Tesla and Paul. There are misdirections in the story as to what has happened, not only with the fire, but other events as well. He probably won’t win the lawsuits against his own client! Edison owns a huge company and will do anything to win. Is he alive or dead? Paul, as the vehicle in which the story continues, is under great duress because his law firm represents Westinghouse. A mystery surrounds who set fire to Tesla’s workshop. This novel will keep the reader eagerly turning pages. When given a pork roast to eat, he wouldn’t touch it, because “it was divisible by seven and toxic to him.” We get a look at his quirky, erratic behavior when he will subsist on only water and saltine crackers. Tesla can even envision devices that are not yet made, but will be, far into the future, such as mobile phones and instant communication. He sends arcs of A/C all over his New York workshop to prove its worth to Paul, who is visiting. Tesla touts the alternating current and demonstrates its safety in dramatic fashion to Paul. Then Nikola Tesla enters the story, whose genius and erratic behavior take center stage. These two men file suits and countersuits over who invented the light bulb. Which is better, direct or alternating current? A bitter rivalry is fought between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Witnessed by 200 people, as well as the young lawyer Paul Cravath, the terrifying event begins this historical novel about a compelling and often mysterious story about the so-called current wars. Then it melted his clothes and the skin off his bones…. The workman’s arms jolted with orange sparks, a blue flame shot from his mouth and set his hair on fire. In 1888 on a busy street in Manhattan, New York City, a young man, who works for Western Union, attempts to connect two direct current wires by mistake.
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