Bunch of Amateurs
By
Jack Hitt (Author)
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About the Book:America'samateursarebackatitintheirmetaphoricalgarages--tinkeringwith everythingfromsolar-poweredcarstospaceelevators.In Bunch of Amateurs,Hittvisits anumberofdifferentgaragesandlooksatAmerica'scurrentbatchofamateursand theirpursuits.FromatattooedyoungwomanintheBayAreatryingtospliceafish's glow-in-the-darkgeneintocommonyogurttoaspaceobsessiveonthebrinkof developingthenextgenerationoftelescopesfromhismobilehome,Hittnotonlytells thestoriesofpeopleinthegripofapassionbutarguesthatAmerica'shistoryisbound upinacycleofamateursurges. FromBenFranklin'skitetothecurrentTVhitAmerican Idol, thenation'sloveof self-inventedgeekshasalwaysdriventhecountrytorediscoverthetrueheartofthe Americandream.Amateurpursuitsarealwayslamentedasaworldthatjustpasseduntil aSergeyBrinorMarkZuckerbergstepsoutofhisgaragewiththerarebutcrucial successstory.In Bunch of Amateurs,HittshowsthatAmericaisnowpoisedtopioneer atthenewfrontierthatwilllead,onemoretime,tothenewestversionoftheAmerican dream.
About the Author:
JACKHITTisacontributingeditortothe New York Times Magazine, Harper's,and publicradio'sThis American Life .HealsowritesforRolling Stone, GQ, Wired, and,of course,Garden & Gun.HisstoriescanbeheardonThis American Life 'sgreatesthits CD.
Features
- : Bunch of Amateurs
- : Jack Hitt
- : Broadway
- : 0307393763
- : 9780307393760
- : Paperback
- : 288
- : English
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