<p>Even Americans get failures. But after that, what can we learn from that failure? In this book, you will know the answer.</p><p>The author selects twenty miscues, goofs, complications, and failures that shaped modern America and reveal the life lessons these gaffes teach, including:</p><p>- Accentuate the Positive: How Thomas Edison Invented Trash Talk<br>- Understand the Market: The 1967 Monkees–Jimi Hendrix Concert Tour<br>- Desperation Is the Cradle of Bad Ideas: Cleveland Indians’ Ten-Cent Beer Night<br>- Sweat the Details: The Sixty-Story John Hancock Guillotine</p>