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Friends, Families, and Forays : Scenes from the Life and Times of Henry Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (450 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780814336847
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Friends, Families, and ForaysDDC classification:
  • 338.7/6292/0922;B
LOC classification:
  • CT275.F68 -- B77 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Friends and Acquaintances -- 1. Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 -- 2. Thomas Edison -- 3. Harvey Firestone -- 4. John Burroughs -- 5. Martha Berry -- 6. George Washington Carver -- 7. McGuffey Readers -- 8. Mahatma Gandhi -- 9. Henry Clausen -- Part II. Relatives -- 10. Ford Family Tree -- 11. Ford Cemetery -- 12. Great-grandmother Rebecca -- 13. Great-uncle Robert -- 14. Brother John -- 15. Sisters Margaret and Jane -- 16. Brother Will -- 17. The Litogots -- Part III. Mechanical Exploits -- 18. Getting Started -- 19. Gasoline Rail Car -- 20. Ford-Edison Electric Car -- 21. Excursion into Railroading -- 22. Fordson Truck -- 23. Ford's Amazing X-8 Vehicle -- 24. The Speedboat Miss Dearborn -- 25 Ford's Robot Engines -- 26. Ford and the Metric Dilemma -- Part IV. Financial Investments -- 27. Kansas City, Mexico &amp -- Orient Railway -- 28. Michigan Stump Farm -- 29. Experience at Cape May -- 30. Dearborn's Deep Test Well -- 31. Dearborn Flour Mill -- 32. Florida Rubber Plantation -- 33. Edison Botanic Research Corporation -- 34. Frischkorn Investment Company -- 35. The Ford Foundation -- Part V. Humanitarian Efforts -- 36. Fordism: An Economic Philosophy -- 37. The Sociological Department -- 38. Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital -- 39. Letters from the Past -- 40. Quest for Alcohol Fuels -- 41. Cooperative Farmers Association -- 42. Two Camps for Boys -- 43. Georgia Experiments -- 44. Henry and the Disabled -- 45. Did You Hear from Mr. Ford? -- Part VI. Luxuries -- 46. Fair Lane -- 47. The Mangoes -- 48. The Yacht Sialia -- 49. The Railway Car Fair Lane -- 50. Wayside Inn -- 51. Botsford Tavern -- 52. Dearborn Country Club -- 53. Richmond Hill -- 54. Huron Mountain Club -- 55. Henry Ford in Sculpture -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P.
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Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Friends and Acquaintances -- 1. Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 -- 2. Thomas Edison -- 3. Harvey Firestone -- 4. John Burroughs -- 5. Martha Berry -- 6. George Washington Carver -- 7. McGuffey Readers -- 8. Mahatma Gandhi -- 9. Henry Clausen -- Part II. Relatives -- 10. Ford Family Tree -- 11. Ford Cemetery -- 12. Great-grandmother Rebecca -- 13. Great-uncle Robert -- 14. Brother John -- 15. Sisters Margaret and Jane -- 16. Brother Will -- 17. The Litogots -- Part III. Mechanical Exploits -- 18. Getting Started -- 19. Gasoline Rail Car -- 20. Ford-Edison Electric Car -- 21. Excursion into Railroading -- 22. Fordson Truck -- 23. Ford's Amazing X-8 Vehicle -- 24. The Speedboat Miss Dearborn -- 25 Ford's Robot Engines -- 26. Ford and the Metric Dilemma -- Part IV. Financial Investments -- 27. Kansas City, Mexico &amp -- Orient Railway -- 28. Michigan Stump Farm -- 29. Experience at Cape May -- 30. Dearborn's Deep Test Well -- 31. Dearborn Flour Mill -- 32. Florida Rubber Plantation -- 33. Edison Botanic Research Corporation -- 34. Frischkorn Investment Company -- 35. The Ford Foundation -- Part V. Humanitarian Efforts -- 36. Fordism: An Economic Philosophy -- 37. The Sociological Department -- 38. Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital -- 39. Letters from the Past -- 40. Quest for Alcohol Fuels -- 41. Cooperative Farmers Association -- 42. Two Camps for Boys -- 43. Georgia Experiments -- 44. Henry and the Disabled -- 45. Did You Hear from Mr. Ford? -- Part VI. Luxuries -- 46. Fair Lane -- 47. The Mangoes -- 48. The Yacht Sialia -- 49. The Railway Car Fair Lane -- 50. Wayside Inn -- 51. Botsford Tavern -- 52. Dearborn Country Club -- 53. Richmond Hill -- 54. Huron Mountain Club -- 55. Henry Ford in Sculpture -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P.

Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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