Edson was born on the 23rd of October, 1940 — and a —month Later, his town got electricity for the first time. His parents named him 'Edson' in honour of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric Light bulb!
When he was four, his family moved to the small Brazilian city of Bauru. Theu made a new home in a humble neighbourhood on the outskirts. Their house was small, but had a nice yard where sweet sugar and juicy mangoes grew… and there plenty of kids in the neighbourhood to play with.
Edson and his friends were always coming up with new games to plau and fun things to do! They would dig underground hideouts, swim in the river, or swing from the vines that hung from the trees, but the thing that Edson liked best.
