Kendall Haven

Who invented the metal detector? Light-optic (fiberoptic) communications? The audio meter and the decibel sound scale? The flat record and record needle? Whose airplane (unmanned) was the first to fly? The answer to each question is Alexander Graham Bell, famed inventor of the telephone. This book, Haven’s first biography, reveals the turmoil, loss, and triumphs of Bell’s extraordinary life. Franklin Watts, 2003. Grades 4-9. 125 Pages. $28.00