The Heroic Age of American InventionThe story of thirty-two men who made the modern American era. |
Contents
INVENTION COMES TO AMERICA | 9 |
THE HEROIC AGE BEGINS | 25 |
THE STEVENSES AND RAILROADING | 42 |
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