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They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators

Evans, Harold

 
9781586217051: They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators

Synopsis

A history of the United States' major inventors and innovators includes coverage of such figures as Henry and Edsel Ford, cosmetics entrepreneur C. J. Walker, and Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

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Review

'Evans's book sticks to the facts and presents them with admirable clarity, and largely avoids illusions' - New York Review of Books 'Quirky and satisfying from the first chapter to the last sidebar' - Washington Post Book World

Book Description

An illustrated history of American innovators, some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating, by the author of the bestselling The American Century

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