Steamboats Come True: American Inventors in Action

by James Thomas Flexner

Book Overview

James Thomas Flexner has been a professional writer most of his adult life. After several year spent at the City desk at the New York Herald Tribune after graduating from Harvard University , Flexner... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316286087
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Book Sales
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A must read

Mr Flexner brings the story of the invention of the steamboat to life. But this book is much more than a story of steam boats though. The book covers a biography of John Fitch, the man who really invented the steam boat (Fulton put a steamboat together decades after Fitch.) Fitch is one of the most interesting charcters in U.S. history. You will not believe the accomplishements of Fitch. I am totally amazed at the story of Fitch every time I listen this book on tape. Flexner ties all of the events of the time together. The inventions of James Watt, Napolean's military efforts, the Revolutionary war, the invention of the submarine. The interaction of Fitch with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin are discussed. This book is best listened to on tape. You will not regret listening to this book. Trust me.