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Evan I. Schwartz writes about history, innovation, tech, music, and media.

He is the author of The Last Lone Inventor: A Tale of Genius, Deceit, and the Birth of Television (HarperCollins), named by Amazon Books as one of “100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime.”

His book Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story (Houghton Mifflin) is a narrative about the origins of a cultural icon, The Wizard of Oz.

His first book, Webonomics, was the #24 bestselling book on Amazon.com for the year 1997, and his second book, Digital Darwinism, was a New York Times bestseller. Both are published by Broadway/Random House.

His 2021 book, REVOLVER: a novel, was issued as a free paperback, direct by mail, from the Concord Free Pr
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Remembering John Lennon: Read REVOLVER & Donate to an Anti-Violence Group

I wrote REVOLVER: a novel in tribute to the genius of John Lennon, lost today in 1980. Since then we've lost 1.5 million Americans to gun violence. The insanity must stop.

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The Last Lone Inventor by Evan I. Schwartz
"An absolutely fascinating bit of history, and extremely compelling in its writing. It's a glimpse into the monopoly that was RCA (and the egomaniac who ran it), the birth of NBC and CBS, and even the involvement of important people like Albert Einste" Read more of this review »
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"I am an electrical engineer, and Philo Farnsworth is one of my heroes. My uncle worked for RCA, so my allegiance is split on this one. I go with Philo. RCA was too busy playing dirty tricks to protect their AM radio golden goose. Great story. Well wr" Read more of this review »
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I'm thrilled to let you know that my debut novel REVOLVER is available in paperback starting today. And like all Concord Free Press books, it's FREE to readers in exchange for your generosity.

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The Wager is another masterful narrative by David Grann, relying mostly on the journals kept by the men on the ship. Gripping from start to finish, I especially appreciated his devastating portrait of British empire and colonialism. In the years befo ...more
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