They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators
- ISBN-10
- 0316070343
- ISBN-13
- 9780316070348
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 496
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-03-03
- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Authors
- David Lefer, Gail Buckland, Harold Evans
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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- 2014-05-22
- 548 pages
- Paperback
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- 2004-10-12
- 496 pages
- Paperback
- Little, Brown
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