Four American Inventors

by Frances M. Perry

Stirring accounts of four of America's greatest Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Samuel F. B. Morse, and Thomas Edison. Emphasis is placed on their formative years and how the skills they acquired then enabled them to meet the challenges they faced later, both in developing and manufacturing their inventions and in achieving widespread public acceptance of them.

242 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2010