{"product_id":"fire-of-his-genius-robert-fulton-and-the-american-dream-paperback","title":"Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirkpatrick Sale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of the spectators who gathered on the Hudson River shore on August 17, 1808, could have known the importance of the object they had come to see and, mostly, deride: Robert Fulton's new steamboat. But as Kirkpatrick Sale shows in this remarkable biography, Fulton's \"large, noisy, showy, fast, brash, exciting, powerful, and audacious\" machine would -- for better or worse -- irrevocably transform nineteenth-century America. \u003cbr\u003e Set against a brilliant portrait of a dynamic period in history, \u003ci\u003eThe Fire of His Genius\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the fiercely driven man whose invention opened up America's interior to waves of settlers, created and sustained industrial and plantation economies in the nation's heartland, and facilitated the destruction of the remaining Indian civilizations. Probing Fulton's genius but also laying bare the darker side of the man -- and the darker side of the American dream -- Kirkpatrick Sale tells an extraordinary tale with deftness, zest, and unflagging verve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkpatrick Sale\u003c\/b\u003e is the secretary of the E. F. Schumacher Society, a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and the author of nine previous books, including \u003ci\u003eConquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.41 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468078072061,"sku":"9780743223218","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/cHJBVDVlNkVFeUxTRExoWjE2WEc4UT09.webp?v=1777285283","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/fire-of-his-genius-robert-fulton-and-the-american-dream-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}