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On February 11, 1847 Thomas Alva Edison was born to Samuel and Nancy Edison in the tiny back room of their quaint brick house. The family lived in the canal village of Milan, Ohio, where Samuel was a successful wooden shingle manufacturer and Nancy was a retired school teacher. Known as "Al" in his youth, Edison was the youngest of four children. His mother had given birth to six before Al, three of which were sickly and died in infancy. This, coupled with the fact that he was the "very image of his mother", made Nancy Edison fiercely protective of her frail, final child (North 13). Although he was also a fragile infant, Al grew into a rambunctious and curious little boy. He was always busy experimenting in and exploring the enticing world around him. "His early experiments included sitting for hours on a nest of goose eggs to see if he could make them hatch. With scrap lumber from one of the sawmills he constructed little plank roads and villages. While trying to dig out a nest of bumblebees he was bunted by an angry ram. Life was continuously exciting" (North 18). He loved to take risks, and was fearless against the prospect of his own mortality. In addition to his explorative antics, little Al asked endless questi
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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