A Life ElectricA Life Electric is a lyrical biography of the eccentric engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. "An elegant and enlightening look at a man who brightened the whole world." Booklist, starred review Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in