Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison cover
Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison
by Michael Daly
Description: Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison details the events surrounding an elephant's electrocution in 1903 and its connection to the rivalry between Edison and Barnum's circus
ISBN: 0802119042
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robg · 2014-11-29 · Original thread
Thomas Edison is perhaps the best counterexample, especially as compared to Tesla. Edison won exactly because he was willing to be very mean.

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