Downeast Genius: From Earmuffs to Motor Cars, Maine Inventors Who Changed the World

by Earl Smith

Book Overview

The genius Thomas Edison once said all anyone needed in order to invent something was a good imagination and a pile of junk. Imagination and creativity have always been essential qualities for survival in Maine and the ingrained habits of "saving up" and "making do" inevitably led to heaps of junk. As a result Maine has produced some extraordinary inventors and inventions with many aimed at a simply making daily life, easier and more comfortable:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952143276
• ISBN13: 9781952143274
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Islandport Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"