99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life -- Adam Chandler, Hardcover

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99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life -- Adam Chandler, HardcoverAn enlightening and entertaining interrogation of the myth of American self reliance and the idea of hard work as destiny "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration." This phrase, arguably Thomas Edison's most famous quote, has been drilled into the minds of generations of Americans. A fairly straightforward iteration of the idea that innovation, discovery, and ingenuity are the result of drive and grit above all, it has

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