Start-up nation: Founding Fathers do the impossible and risk it all

1787: founding a more perfect union

Founders, pioneers, and compromisers: from the American system to the Kansas-Nebraska Act

The fire of genius: Abraham Lincoln confronts the Founders

"The work of giants": tycoons, founders, and robber barons in America's Gilded Age

Inventors: fueling the fire of genius

To make America safe: founders, engineers, and production men in two World Wars

Managers, metrics, and the rise of the Rust Belt

Revolution! From semiconductors to the Internet

Toward the limitless horizon: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the new golden age

Conclusion: Founder nation.