Bunch of amateurs
inside America's hidden world of inventors, tinkerers, and job creators
1st pbk. ed.
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Author
Publication
2013 - Broadway Paperbacks, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100307393763
- ISBN-139780307393760
- OCLC Control Number1001838543
- OCLC Control Number846679834
- Better World Books9780307393760
and 2 more
- Better World BooksP9-BGX-001
- Open LibraryOL27147271M
Classifications
- DDC306.46/0973
- DDC609.2/273
Description
Jack Hitt visits a number of different garages to look at America's current batch of amateurs and their pursuits. He not only tells the stories of people in the grip of a passion but argues that America's history is bound up in a cycle of amateur surges. Beginning with Ben Franklin's kite and leading all the way to the current TV hit American Idol, Hitt maintains that the nation's love of self-invented obsessives has always driven the country to rediscover the true heart of the American Dream. Amateur pursuits are typically lamented as a thing of the past until the next Sergey Brin steps out of his dorm room with the rare but crucial success story. Hitt believes that America is now on the brink of a new surge of creativity.--From publisher description.
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