TY - BOOK AU - Kummer,Patricia K. TI - The telephone SN - 0531139034 AV - TK6165 .K86 2006 U1 - 621.385 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - F. Watts KW - Telephone KW - sears KW - Inventions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76) and index; Long-distance communication -- Smoke signals, drum beats, dots and dashes -- Alexander Graham Bell -- "Mr. Watson-come here-I want to see you" -- Totally connected -- Continuing development of telephones and telephone service -- The telephone: a timeline; 6.2; 5-8; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 7.2; 2.0; 105527 N2 - Discusses developments in communication that preceded the telephone, tells the story of the phone's invention by Alexander Graham Bell, and explores its evolution and influence upon American life and culture ER -