PALM COAST, Fla., Oct. 30, 2009 — In his provocative new nonfiction, "The Tangled Web Of Patent #174465" (published by AuthorHouse), noted author and researcher Russell A. Pizer sets out to prove that an Italian-American named Antonio Meucci was the inventor of the telephone, as opposed to Alexander Graham Bell, who has long been credited for creating the ubiquitous device.
Unbiased and meticulously researched, "The Tangled Web Of Patent #174465" is a story of fraud, collusions, perjury, corruption, bribery and industrial espionage. Employing careful analysis of hundreds of documents, including thousands of pages of sworn testimony before a Congressional investigations committee, Pizer argues that Bell himself was a party to "what might be considered one of America's most far-reaching historical deceptions."
"The Tangled Web Of Patent #174465" points to Bell's father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, as the actual culprit in this historical subterfuge, although Bell certainly was complicit in his actions. Pizer writes:
It will be seen that throughout the early years of the telephone, A.G. Bell gave different stories about events that surrounded the invention and issuance of a patent of what became — only via legal subterfuge — the invention of the telephone. These different stories cast grave doubts about A.G. Bell's honesty and that of his father-in-law, who reaped millions of dollars in profits through what became the Bell telephone monopoly.
With its unwavering and persuasive arguments based upon solid research, "The Tangled Web Of Patent #174465" is sure to spark discussion among students and historians everywhere.
Russell A. Pizer holds two degrees in music from the University of Michigan. He is also the author of "Administrating the Elementary Band" (1971), "How to Improve the High School Band Sound" (1976), "Instrumental Music Evaluation Kit – Forms and Procedures for Assessing Student Performance" (1987) and "Evaluation Programs for School Bands and Orchestras" (1990, all published by Parker Publishing). In 1993, Pizer gave a series of lectures for the Association for Research in Telecommunications History (ARTH) during their annual meetings and was subsequently elected president of ARTH. Now retired, Pizer is also the vice president of the Volusia/Falgler Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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