From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile—an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers,
From acclaimed historian Lawrence Goldstone comes a thrilling narrative of courage, determination, and competition: the story of the intense rivalry that fueled the rise of American aviation. The f
In the waning days of his presidency, in January 1801, John Adams made some historic appointments to preserve his Federalist legacy. Foremost among them, he named his secretary of state, John Marshall
