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THE AGE OF INVENTION IBD

TALL MEN BOOKS
08 / 2025
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In 1912,áTheodoreáRooseveltáaddressed theáAmericanáHistoricaláAssociation toácalláforáAmericanáhistoryáto beáwrittenáas compellingástoriesáofáliteraryáquality.áEditoráAllenáJohnson of YaleáUniversityárespondedábyápublishingátheáChronicles of America series:á50 succinctávolumesáonáregional andáthematic Americanáhistory.áTheseábooks,áintendedáfor secondaryáschoolsáandácollegeástudents,áare expositoryáworksáofáAmerican history composedábyácompetent historiansáinátheá1920âÇÖs,áwellábeforeáthe specialápleadingáand upendingáofásocialánormsátypicaláofáhistoriesáafterá1970. This seriesáisáfocused onátheámainstreamáof American politicalálifeáandáleadershipáfromáits initialávolumesáonáNativeáAmericans andáEuropeanácolonistsátoáitsáfinalávolumes onáWoodrowáWilson,áCanada,áandátheáHispanicáRepublicsátoáouráSouth.In volume #37 of the Chronicles of America, Holland Thompson records the remarkable history of technological innovation in America, including the inventors of the steamboat, the telephone, electric engines, and the airplane. The mechanical genius of these great Americans transformed the world and ushered in a new age of speed, convenience, and enterprise that marks a radical division in lifestyles before and after. He links his heroic tale to our colonial history and the character of Benjamin Franklin, whose leisurely experiments set the stage of our scientific and inventive heritage.

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