Made in America: Inside Stories of Success (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781940211008)

Michael Shulman has spent his entire career discovering and examining "what's new," and jumping in to participate . . . solar energy in 1977, personal computers in 1985, digital content in 1995, venture investing and an Internet start-up in 1999, financial advisory work since 2001. This focus on "the new" has brought him to the next "big thing" -- an American manufacturing resurgence based on a once-in-a-century revolution in the production and use of fossil fuels. Unlike other analysts, he believes in the importance of seeing things up close. The Little League team having the after-game snack at Starbucks, validating the company is more than a retailer of coffee. Driving past cornfields planted up to roadside and wind breaks being removed, a sign of the ethanol and export-to-China boom. Conversations with Roman hoteliers and restaurant owners about the severity of the European recession. A sign on the side of a road saying "Frack a well, bring a soldier home." Made in America mixes his analytical skills with up-front observations and is the first in a series of four books about the resurgence in manufacturing in the United States. FracklandUSA will explore the shale gas boom in the U.S.; Free at Last will examine the implications of American energy independence, something within a decade's reach; God Bless America, Again will build on the first three books and examine the manufacturing resurgence already underway. Mr. Shulman, a graduate of Georgetown University, is married to former ABC News correspondent Jackie Judd and is the father of twin sons.