The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor  
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;The-Breakthrough-Race-Superconductor&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0671658298" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;The-Breakthrough-Race-Superconductor&#x2F;d...</a> is a nice account of the initial discovery and characterisation of HTSs in the 1980.