Mount's Mistake

by Lew McCreary

Jay Fielding Mount, a young man left confused by a lightning bolt, finds his life caught up in the changes brought to America by Edison's inventions

294 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Lew McCreary is the author of MOUNT'S MISTAKE (Atlantic Monthly Press), THE MINUS MAN (Viking), and THE 13TH STEP. His short stories have appeared in Ploughshares and Solstice Literary Magazine After graduating Wesleyan University with a B.A. in English, he pursued a career in magazine editing. He was the editorial director of CIO and CSO magazines, a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, and an editor and ghostwriter of several business innovation books. He lives in Hull, MA with his wife, Marcy.