Length10h 49m
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Eli Whitney: Machines and Muskets — The Complete Audiobook
Eli Whitney is remembered for one afternoon's invention — the cotton gin. It made him famous, and it ruined him: stolen within months, copied across the South, and defended through thirteen years of lawsuits while it entrenched slavery and made fortunes for everyone but its inventor.
Then he reinvented himself. In 1798, with no factory or experience, Whitney won a contract for 10,000 muskets and built the armory village of Whitneyville, pioneering interchangeable parts — the system that would define American manufacturing.
Researched from his surviving letters and court records, this 100,000-word biography runs ten chapters and 10 hours 40 minutes — from a Massachusetts farm boyhood to the stone that marks his grave. Part of the Mega Biographies series from Bedtime Biographies.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1: The Westborough Tinker (1765–1785)
22. Chapter 2: Yale and the Road South (1785–1792)
33. Chapter 3: Mulberry Grove (1793)
44. Chapter 4: A Patent and a Theft (1793–1794)
55. Chapter 5: The Patent Wars (1794–1797)
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66. Chapter 6: Ten Thousand Muskets (1798–1801)
77. Chapter 7: Whitneyville (1801–1807)
88. Chapter 8: Vindication (1807–1812)
99. Chapter 9: The Late Harvest (1812–1820)
1010. Chapter 10: The Stone and the Legacy (1820–1825)
1111. Special Note
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