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Life of John Fitch: The Inventor of the Steam-boat

Life of John Fitch: The Inventor of the Steam-boat

Westcott, Thompson

Paperback

Biographies GeneralTechnology & EngineeringGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9353609518
ISBN13: 9789353609511
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 28 2019
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before the Robert Fulton steamboat era had a name, John Fitch was already wrestling fire and water into motion. Steel, steam, and stubborn will. Thompson Westcott's Life of John Fitch is a historical biography with the pace of a true-life quest and the rigour of a maritime history book. Set in 18th century America and the early United States history that followed, it traces Fitch's experiments, setbacks, patrons, rivals, and the practical demands of river travel that shaped steamboat invention history. Read as american inventions nonfiction, it reveals how steam navigation pioneers worked at the edge of law, finance, and craftsmanship, and how american industrial innovation emerged long before the factory age is usually said to begin. Westcott writes with an eye for documentary detail, making the volume valuable to american history students and to anyone seeking a reliable research reference reprint for studies of transport, technology, and national ambition. Its perspective sharpens what came later, offering context for the Robert Fulton steamboat era and the contested origins of steam navigation in America. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As an unabridged public domain reprint, it stands as a testament to the overlooked figures who helped launch steam travel, and it belongs on the shelf of both casual readers of engineering history and classic-literature collectors building a library of foundational American lives.

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