Even-handed historical narratives about the inventors that helped shape the American present.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, about as many of the names associated with certain inventions are gifted with more talent for marketing than inventing, and so have made themselves into household names. Some were more interested in inventing than anything, and barely stopped to apply for patents, or left it to their assistants. And others stuck doggedly at their work against all odds until they were favored by dumb luck.
About this last group, especially: you wonder how many hundreds of would-be inventors kept going against all odds but never got there, or were beaten to it. Quite a few, probably, that we'll never hear of.
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