Download or read book Loving Little Egypt written by Thomas McMahon and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-08-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1920s, nearly blind physics prodigy Mourly Vold finds out how to tap into the nation's long distance telephone lines. With the help of Alexander Graham Bell, Vold tries to warn the phone companies that would-be saboteurs could do the same thing, but they ignore him. Unfortunately, his taps do catch the notice of William Randolph Hearst, who hires Thomas Edison to get to the bottom of them—and the chase is on!