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Friends, families & forays : scenes from the life and times of Henry Ford /

Describes people and interests that colored the life of Henry Ford I. Part I encompasses Ford's encounters with famous people such as George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. Part 2 details the branches of the Ford family tree. Part 3 addresses Ford's mechanical...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dearborn, Mich. : Ford Books, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Friends and Acquaintances: Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 -- Thomas Edison -- Harvey Firestone -- John Burroughs -- Martha Berry Sy -- George Washington Carver -- McGuffey Readers -- Mahatma Gandhi -- Henry Clausen -- Part II. Relatives: Ford Family Tree -- Ford Cemetery -- Great-grandmother Rebecca -- Great-uncle Robert -- Brother John -- Sisters Margaret and Jane -- Brother Will -- The Litogots -- Part III. Mechanical Exploits : Getting Started -- Gasoline Rail Car -- Ford-Edison Electric Car -- Excursion into Railroading -- Fordson Truck -- Ford's Amazing X-8 Vehicle -- The Speedboat Miss Dearborn -- Ford's Robot Engines -- Ford and the Metric Dilemma -- Part IV. Financial Investments: Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway -- Michigan Stump Farm -- Experience at Cape May -- Dearborn's Deep Test Well -- Dearborn Flour Mill -- Florida Rubber Plantation -- Edison Botanic Research Corporation -- Frischkorn Investment Company -- The Ford Foundation -- Part V. Humanitarian Efforts: Fordism: An Economic Philosophy -- The Sociological Department -- Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital -- Letters from the Past -- Quest for Alcohol Fuels -- Cooperative Farmers Association -- Two Camps for Boys -- Georgia Experiments -- Henry and the Disabled -- Did You Hear from Mr. Ford? -- Part VI. Luxuries: Fair Lane -- The Mangoes -- The Yacht Sialia -- The Railway Car Fair Lane -- Wayside Inn -- Botsford Tavern -- Dearborn Country Club -- Richmond Hill -- Huron Mountain Club -- Henry Ford in Sculpture -- Index. 
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