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While reading The Master Switch by Tim Wu I became increasingly interested in the story of Edwin Howard Armstrong, who is credited with inventing numerous technologies, including the wireless technology behind the FM radio.

Edwin Howard Armstrong: The Unsung Hero of Radio’s Golden Age

His complex and extremely compelling life story was best told by the journalist, Lawrence Lessing, who wrote a “biographic eulogy” of Armstrong.1

Lessing, Lawrence. Man of High Fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong. Philadelphia: New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1956.

The 320 page text was copyrighted on November 9, 1956.2 And it was published on November 28, 1956.3 The Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is 56-11677.

The original price of the book was $5.00, as cited in the dust jacket and a New York Times Book Review. The author of that article died on November 27, 1956, which was twelve days before the article was published.

A first edition of the text was added to the Dedham Public Library on February 13, 1958. Two more copies are available th Man of high fidelity: Edwin Howard Armstrong - Open Library JES