Jeanne B. reviewed They Made America: Two Centuries of Innovators from the Steam Engine to the Search Engine on
An excellent reference - beautiful "coffee table" book, too!
John O. (buzzby) -
My partner really liked this - 10 or so biographies of various lengths. It didn't necessarily make the people into heroes, although you could probably admire. He makes sure that there is a difference in listeners' minds between innovators and inventors (Edison and maybe Fulton being the exceptions).
