They Made America
From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of InnovatorsFull Description
Now available in a text-only paperback edition, "They Made America" is a stirring and supremely readable work of history--a celebration of the entrepreneurial energy that has fueled this nation since its inception. ... more
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Critical Praise
"A rich, wide-ranging work."
-The New York Times
"A fascinating, revelatory history."
—John Gapper, Financial Times
"Evans's democratization of history is ultimately what's most satisfying here. His history is expansive to include 'a trucker, a portrait painter, a cobbler, a Harvard professor, a deck boy, an immigrant seller of fruit and vegetables, a drug dealer, a frontiersman fleeing Indians . . .' and so on. In other words, a snapshot of America."
—Marc Peyser, Newsweek
"Superbly written and thoroughly researched."
—Daniel Kadlec, Time
"Vivid profiles of America's greatest inventors and innovators. Harold Evans's gift for anecdote breathes new dimension into the oft-told stories of such giants as Thomas Edison and Cyrus McCormick. Evans has a provocative take on who was really important."
—BusinessWeek
- Category:
- HISTORY
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 5/9/2006
- Price:
- $18.95/$25.95
- ISBN:
- 9780316013857
- Pages:
- 692
- Size:
- 6" x 9-1/4"
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