Steve Kemper
Author
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated the prime minister. The military had a stranglehold on the government. War with Russia loomed, and propaganda campaigns swept the country, urging schoolchildren to give money to procure planes and tanks. Into this maelstrom stepped Joseph C. Grew, America's most experienced and talented diplomat. When Grew was appointed to serve as ambassador to Japan, not only was the country in turmoil,...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business School Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
This is the story of "Ginger," officially named the Segway Human Transporter: a self-balancing, electric-powered people mover that Kamen called "magic sneakers." Code name Ginger documents the birth of a new technology and the feats of its inventor, his team of engineers, and the financiers who pursued them. Steve Kemper was the only journalist granted complete access to the Ginger project as the machine was designed, prototyped, and readied for manufacture....