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Madness in the Making: The Triumphant Rise and Untimely Fall of America's Show Inventors
Madness in the Making The Triumphant Rise and Untimely Fall of America's Show Inventors Author:David Lindsay In this lively portrait of American inventors and the forces that spurred their creativity, Lindsay's cast includes dozens of colorful characters, such as Samuel Colt, who, years before unveiling his famous six-shooter, offered trials of laughing gas to the public. Lindsay has written an entertaining book that shows how America became the invent... more »ion-driven, technologically sophisticated society that it is today. 21 illustrations.« less