A bit of a disappointment this one. A collection on essays about obscure types who "almost" left a legacy behind but have slipped away into the unknown--from the Concord grape guy to a guy who spent his life trying to find habitable holes IN the earth to a guy who secretly built a 400 foot subway line under NY (complete with station!) in the mid 1850s w/out anyone above knowing (this was my favorite essay).

I love the quirky people but found this book as a whole just kind of dull. If a book is dull, that's kind of hard to hide from. Dull is dull no matter the quirk level.