Henry Ford : building cars for everyone / Pat McCarthy.
by McCarthy, Pat.
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BookSeries: Historical American biographies. Publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2002Description: 128 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 076601620X.Subject(s): Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Automobile industry and trade -- Biography | Industrialists -- BiographyDDC classification: 338.76292/092 | B
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Summary: A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.
Testing the quadricycle -- Henry Ford, farm boy -- Independence and marriage -- Race cars and business failures -- Ford pioneers the assembly line -- The Peace Ship -- War, trials, and retirement -- Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum -- The Twenties, the Thirties, and the Great Depression -- Labor problems -- The later years -- The legacy of Henry Ford.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.
Testing the quadricycle -- Henry Ford, farm boy -- Independence and marriage -- Race cars and business failures -- Ford pioneers the assembly line -- The Peace Ship -- War, trials, and retirement -- Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum -- The Twenties, the Thirties, and the Great Depression -- Labor problems -- The later years -- The legacy of Henry Ford.
A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.
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