Frank Hornby The Boy Who Made 1,000,000 With A Toy [Paperback]

Frank Hornby invented the train set, Meccano, the Dinky Toy and Scalextric. Born in 1866, he started his own toy manufacturing company. He started because he read a book called Self Help by Samuel Smiles, which tells the stories of great men who have invented useful things. Originally published in 1915.