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Summary:

"Born in Carthage, North Carolina, Lucean Arthur Headen (1879-1957) grew up amid former slave artisans. Inspired by his grandfather, a wheelwright, and great-uncle, a toolmaker, he dreamed as a child of becoming an inventor. His ambitions suffered the menace of Jim Crow and the reality of a new inventive landscape in which investment was shifting from lone inventors to the new 'industrial scientists.' But determined and ambitious, Headen left the South, and after toiling for a decade as a Pullman porter, risked everything to pursue his dream. He eventually earned eleven patents, most for innovative engine designs and anti-icing methods for aircraft. An equally capable entrepreneur and sportsman, Headen learned to fly in 1911, manufactured his own 'Pace Setter' and 'Headen Special' cars in the early 1920s, and founded the first national black auto racing association in 1924, all establishing him as an important authority on transportation technologies among African Americans. Emigrating to England in 1931, Headen also proved a successful manufacturer, operating engineering firms in Surrey that distributed his motor and other products worldwide for twenty-five years. Though Headen left few personal records, Jill D. Snider recreates the life of this extraordinary man through historical detective work in newspapers, business and trade publications, genealogical databases, and scholarly works"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: ch. One Dream Begins
• ch. Two Dream Is Deferred
• ch. Three Dream Seeks A Path
• ch. Four Dream Takes Flight
• ch. Five Dream Finds Allies
• ch. Six Dream Becomes A Company
• ch. Seven Dreams Collide
• ch. Eight Dream Begins Anew
• ch. Nine Dream Crosses The Pond.

Author/Creator:

Snider, Jill D. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Lucean Arthur Headen: the making of a black inventor and entrepreneur [by Snider, J.D.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Lucean Arthur Headen [by Snider, J.D.] (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020 — ISBN 9781469654355; LCCN 2019054570)

Subjects:

Headen, L. A.

African American inventors — United States — Biography

African American automobile industry workers — Great Britain — Biography

African American automobile industry workers — United States — Biography

African Americans — History — 20th century — Biography

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

TL140.H425 S65 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781469654379 (electronic bk.)
1469654377 (electronic bk.)
9781469654355 [Invalid]
1469654350 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1138162655

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6031630 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301078279