The Lightning Keeper
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006Starling Lawrence, The Lightning Keeper 2006.
This is a fictional account of the development of the electrical industry in the early twentieth Century. Corporate intrique from Edison to Westinghouse and centering on General Electric and its CEO Charles Albert Coffin.
Charles A. Coffin
The story takes place largely in Northwest Connecticut in an iron factory town. The central characters are the daughter of the current iron master and a Montenegro immigrant inventor who attempts to build a more efficient water wheel turbine. Patents, industrial espionoge, political intrigue, and romance all figure into this well researched work. GE scientist Charles Steinmetz and scientist Nikola Tesla feature.
Charles Steinmetz and Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla in his Lightning Laboratory
General Electric Men knitting for the war effort.
Good read, it will transport the reader into this unique time and place.
