{"product_id":"the-standby-frank-e-butler-9781665781800","title":"The Standby: A Wireless Journey Toward the Birth of Radio","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank E. Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1665781807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781665781800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 590\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d","brand":"Frank E. Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089511821567,"sku":"9781665781800","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_307f3cb7-7984-4ea2-86db-c1af04baa051.jpg?v=1769110730","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-standby-frank-e-butler-9781665781800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}