Following his invention of the light bulb and recorded sound, Thomas Edison turned his genius to the invention of a doll which could both speak and walk. Thousands were assembled, but they proved to be a failure. Edison ordered a pit to be dug in the grounds of his factory where the unsold dolls were to be buried as if they were flesh and blood. A true story which serves as a modern parable warning against the rise of the assembly line in an age of automation. A sophisticated picture book.
