George Westinghouse became known as one of the most prolific inventors and businessmen of the Industrial Revolution. In this biography, get to know the man whose teachers suspected was mentally disabled and quit college after one semester, yet founded more than 60 companies employing 50,000 people and received 361 US patents.  Meer

Provides a biography of Adolph Sutro. Sutro was forever seeking challenges. Emigrating from Prussia to the US at age 20, the California gold rush lured him west.  Meer