Who built that [sound recording] / Michelle Malkin.

Title:

ISBN:

9781442387140

Personal Author:

Malkin, Michelle

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publication Information:

[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2015.

Physical Description:

7 audio discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Compact disc.

Contents:

Part I: Engineers of prosperity. Maglite's Tony Maglica : torchbearer of the American Dream ; The wizards of cool : air-conditioning innovators Willis Carrier and Irvine Lyle ; Roebling : the family that built America's most famous bridges -- Part II: The miracle of the mundane. I, toilet paper ; Crowning glory : how William Painter's bottle caps became a $9 billion business ; "Keep looking" : how Painter's razor-sharp genius inspired King Gillette ; Seeing dollars in the dirt : the wisdom of Charles E. Hires -- Part III: BFFs : dynamic duos of American business. Death-defying mavericks of glass : Edward Libbey and Michael Owens ; "Perfect partnership" : Westinghouse, Tesla, and the harnessing of Niagara Falls -- Part IV: Past, present, future. Smart limbs : the next generation of American tinkerpreneurs.

Summary:

Michelle Malkin takes listeners on an eclectic journey of American capitalism, from the colonial period to the Industrial Age to the present, spotlighting awe-inspiring and little-known 'tinkerpreneurs' who achieved their dreams of doing well by doing good. Learn how Paul Revere became America's first tech titan; how famous patent holders Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain championed the nation's unique system of intellectual property rights; and more.

Subject Term:

Inventors--United States -- History

Inventions--United States -- History

Inventors--United States -- Biography

Inventions--United States -- Social aspects

Entrepreneurship--United States -- History

Genre:

Audiobooks

Performer:

Read by the author.

OCLC Number:

ocn896860242