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Texas Ingenuity
ISBN
9781439660058
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
12-12-2016
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Arcadia Publishing
Auteur(s)
Alan C. Elliott

Texas Ingenuity

Lone Star Inventions, Inventors & Innovators

Alan C. Elliott
Leesfragment
€13,99
  • Imagination
  • is
  • bigger
  • in
  • Texas,
  • too.
  • This
  • collection
  • of
  • inspiring
  • and
  • often
  • quirky
  • stories
  • highlights
  • dozens
  • of
  • examples
  • of
  • innovation
  • from
  • Lone
  • Star
  • history.
  • The
  • Hamill
  • brothers
  • devised
  • a
  • better
  • oil
  • well
  • to
  • reach
  • gushers
  • at
  • Spindletop.
  • The
  • first
  • Neiman-Marcus
  • store
  • opened
  • in
  • Dallas
  • in
  • 1907,
  • revolutionizing
  • the
  • retail
  • fashion
  • world.
  • Astroturf
  • emerged
  • at
  • the
  • Astrodome
  • in
  • 1966.
  • Fritos
  • and
  • corn
  • dogs
  • are
  • just
  • two
  • ubiquitous
  • snack
  • foods
  • claimed
  • as
  • Texan
  • originals.
  • Houston
  • native,
  • and
  • civil
  • rights
  • activist,
  • Congresswoman
  • Barbara
  • Jordan
  • rose
  • to
  • national
  • prominence
  • as
  • a
  • voice
  • of
  • unity
  • during
  • the
  • Watergate
  • scandal.
  • Author
  • Alan
  • C.
  • Elliott
  • details
  • these
  • and
  • many
  • more
  • lessons
  • in
  • success
  • in
  • Texas Ingenuity.
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