A biography of the Englishman who, concerned over the heavy human toll the Industrial Revolution was taking in England, left for America despite laws forbidding the emigration of textile workers, and established the American textile industry.

Explains the mechanics of the cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney in the late eighteenth century, and how it enabled the expansion of the American slave trade.

"From the best-selling author of Into the Raging Sea comes a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why doing so is vital to our well-being as a nation, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically. Ben and Whitney Waxman are two tireless idealists trying to do the impossible: make an American-made,...