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

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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.
Temas:
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947.
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947 > Friends and associates.
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947
Ford, Henry (Unternehmer, > 1863-1947)
Ford Motor Company.
Ford Motor Company
Automobile industry and trade > United States > History.
Industrialists > United States > Biography.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > États-Unis > Histoire.
Industriels > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Automobile industry and trade
Friendship
Industrialists
Biografie
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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