Evans Harold, Buckland Gail, Lefer David. They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine. Two Centuries of Innovators

Back Bay Books, 2006. — 692 p. — ISBN 0316013854,9780316013857.An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
Now available in a text-only paperback edition, "They Made America" is a stirring and supremely readable work of history - a celebration of the entrepreneurial energy that has fueled this nation since its inception.