America the ingenious : how a nation of dreamers, immigrants, and tinkerers changed the world / Kevi...
America the ingenious : how a nation of dreamers, immigrants, and tinkerers changed the world / Kevi...
America the ingenious : how a nation of dreamers, immigrants, and tinkerers changed the world / Kevin Baker ; illustrations by Chris Dent.
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Publisher
New York : Artisan, [2016]
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G 2017/6054
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Language
English
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Physical content
262 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Roaming. Rolling across a continent : the prairie schooner ; Inventing a city : New York -- the Erie Canal ; The original "skyscrapers" : the Yankee clippers ; "A man, a plan ..." : the Panama Canal ; The electric underground : building the New York subway ; Dream car : the Lincoln Zephyr ; A plane...
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Publisher
New York : Artisan, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
America is a nation of inventors, tinkerers, researchers, and adventurers. What is it that makes America such a fertile place to explore, discover, and launch the next big thing? Baker brings his eye for historical detail to the grand, and grandly entertaining, tale of American innovation. You'll meet people who followed their passions and changed...
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America the ingenious : how a nation of dreamers, immigrants, and tinkerers changed the world / Kevin Baker ; illustrations by Chris Dent.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index.
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G 2017/6054
Record Identifier
74VKVgBp38VA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBp38VA
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ISBN
1579656943 (hardback)
9781579656942 (hardback)
DDC
609.73
MMS ID
991024148808102626
