The Fire of His Genius
Subtitle: Robert Fulton and the American Dream
Publisher: Free Press
Published: August 27, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780743223218
Subjects: Biography: general; Biography: historical; History of science; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Scientists - Inventors; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Scientists - General
First sentence: MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1807, was another hot summer day in New York City, and most of the women of fashion on the pier, arms linked to laced and ruffled gentlemen, had their little pastel parasols up against the sun.