John Hays Hammond, Jr. : The Father of Remote Control

by Nancy R Stuart

Overview

The first biography of the American inventor known as "The Father of Remote Control" (1888-1963), who pioneered electronic remote control for modern radio devices, missile guidance systems, variable pitch propellers, other military innovations, and single dial radio tuning. After importing medieval architectural elements from Europe, he built the Hammond Castle, now a museum in Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

This book is an updated and digitzed reprint of the 1987 biography of John Hays Hammond, Jr.  

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155384847
Publisher:	Nancy R. Stuart
Publication date:	03/07/2018
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	281 KB

About the Author

NANCY RUBIN STUART has been writing since she was nine years old. She is the author of seven nonfiction books. Her most recent work, "Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Eva Women and the Radical Men They Married" was a selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club-2, the History Book Club and the Military Book Club. 

A high-energy, award-winning author/journalist Nancy specializes in social history, social trends and women. Long before today's War On Women and the consequent MeToo movement, Nancy's books placed the lives of important but often forgotten women on the historical record. 

Among her books are "The Muse of the Revolution:" "The Reluctant Spiritualist:" "American Empress;" "Isabella of Castile;" "The Mother Mirror" and "The New Suburban Woman."

In 1987 Nancy published the biography of John Hays Hays Hammond, Jr., who is known as The Father of Remote Control. She has recently updated and digitized that work to make it again available to readers. 

She has appeared on national television, been heard on national radio, including NPR's "Morning Edition," and often speaks before live audiences. 

Nancy's journalistic work includes New York Times, the Huffington Post, New England Quarterly and American History magazine. She serves as Executive Director of the Cape Cod Writers Center and is a co-president of the Women's National Book Association, Boston chapter. 

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