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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info | DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE The Heroice Age of American Invention: 32 Men Who Made the Modern American Era Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1961. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket. Jacket edges worn, ink mark on rear jacket flap. Binding tight, pages clean, bright, & unmarked. 290 pages. CONTENTS: Invention Comes to America; The Heroic Age Begins; The Stevenses and Railroading; Henry, Morse, and the Telegraph; Colt and Other Gunmakers; McCormick and Farm Machinery; Ericsson and the Modern Warship; Kelly and Steel Refining; Mergenthaler, Sholes, and Writing Machines; Bell and the Telephone; Edison and the Electric Light; Thomson and Alternating-Current Power; Selden and the Automobile; Langley, the Wrights, and Flying; Fessenden, De Forest, and Radio; The End of the Heroic Age; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Offered for US$ 5.95 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 1501091 See more books from our catalog: History & Biography | |||