Bob Witty is a journalist and former reporter/editor who has worked with newspapers in Oklahoma, Dallas, and San Diego. A passionate world traveler and adventurer, he has journeyed to some of the most remarkable places on earth, from Napoleon’s home in exile on the remote island of St. Helena to Van Gogh’s house in France, where the artist met his tragic end.
Rising from a blacksmith’s apprentice to become king of the roller bearing, Henry Timken was one of the 19th century’s greatest inventors.His early engineering of axles, springs, and ball bearings for horse-drawn carriages made him rich. But his 1898 patent of a tapered roller bearing revolution...
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