(4) YA American Business Leaders series. After outlining Bill Gates's life as a student, programmer, and founder of Microsoft, this new edition includes chapters on "Competition" and "Microsoft at War," which discuss recent antitrust litigation. The grainy photographs and bland design are discouraging, but researchers will appreciate the straightforward updated text. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) YA American Business Leaders series. This book closely chronicles the invention and distribution of the mechanical grain reaper, the formation of a million-dollar business, and the fierce rivalries that developed at home and abroad. Little attention is paid to McCormick's personal life, which is in keeping with his character but prevents him from emerging as a complete person. Dry writing is occasionally broken up by grainy black-and-white reproductions. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman