{"product_id":"the-standby-a-wireless-journey-toward-the-birth-of-radio-hardcover","title":"The Standby: A Wireless Journey Toward the Birth of Radio - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank E. Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank E. II Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Frank E. Butler, a young man with humble beginnings and a meager education who participated in significant historic events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Monroeville, Ohio, the youthful Butler worked his way up to a very enviable job offer with the New York Central Railway. But after a hurried visit to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, his life was irrevocably altered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLured by the demonstrations presented by the American De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co. and intoxicated by the crackles of the high voltage spark-gap arcs, the smell of ozone, and the intrigue of wireless technology, Butler left home and became an assistant to Lee de Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince 1948, this significant memoir by the editor's grandfather has been hidden away, waiting to be resurrected from dusty files and boxed manuscripts. The author's dying wish - \"get the book published\" - is now, finally, fulfilled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGain a new appreciation for the challenges of advancing wireless telegraphy and learn how an unlikely figure played a key role in developing technology that caught the attention of monopolistic eyes in The Standby, which chronicles the promise of a new and growing communications\/electronics industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 590\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43807280824455,"sku":"9781665781824","price":59.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/KoQR76ugIW9781665781824.webp?v=1770256312","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-standby-a-wireless-journey-toward-the-birth-of-radio-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}