Enjoy the story of tires, as told by About.com's vintage car guide. Includes an account of Goodyear's invention of the rubber tire.

Enjoy a student-penned profile of Charles Goodyear written as a first-person narrative. Includes an annotated bibliography.

Learn the story of inventor Charles Goodyear, a man who has been described by one of his biographers as "a gentle lunatic."

Read the story of Charles Goodyear's discovery of vulcanization, a process that strengthened rubber so it could be used industrially.

Learn where Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber, is buried, and view photographs of the grave site.

Meet the man from New Haven, Connecticut whose accident involving sulfur, rubber, and a hot stove led to a revolutionary industrial product.

Brief profile draws attention to the fact that Charles Goodyear did not benefit from his invention, but lived in abject poverty.