Bücher von William R. Huber

George Westinghouse became known as one of the most prolific inventors and businessmen of the Industrial Revolution. In this biography, get to know the man whose teachers suspected was mentally disabled and quit college after one semester, yet founded more than 60 companies employing 50,000 people and received 361 US patents.

Provides a biography of Adolph Sutro. Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the US at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west. At the Comstock Lode in Nevada, he conceived an idea for a tunnel to drain the hot water that made the mines perilous. He served a two-year term as mayor of San Francisco.