An absorbing, highly readable biography tells about a great thinker, scientist and inventor who is best known for his invention of the carbon filament light bulb. Turner's many hours of painstaking primary research of unpublished materials housed in the Schomburg Collection and extensive interviews with experts (including Latimer's grandchildren) make the life and work of Lewis Howard Latimer particularly valuable. Her style makes the information easily accessible. (Ages 9-12)

A biography of the Afro-American inventor who, among other contributions, invented an inexpensive method for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs.