The Fords: An American Epic
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671540939 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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An Absolutely Superb Family Bio 'The Fords: An American Epic' by David Horowitz & Peter CollierHorowitz & Collier deliver yet another superb narrative of one of America's historic, controversial and complex families. They have this genre down to a science.This is, without doubt, the best book on the Ford family I have read, and I've read a few. An Epic Family James Gallen “The Fords” truly are an American Epic and this book is their tale. Beginning with the patriarch, Henry, it tells the story of a Midwestern farm boy who was intrigued by machinery, learned what makes it go, and applied his knowledge to put America on wheels. Henry is depicted as an eccentric genius w. An interesting telling of the first three generations that built and ran the Ford Motor Company Craig Matteson This book recounts the origins and life of the Ford family from the rise of Henry Ford, the founding the great automotive company, its ebbs and flows, through the reign of Henry Ford II. It reads very well and has a great deal of interesting information.One of the difficulties in writing a book like this is how
32 pages of photographs.. Available now in trade paperback, The Fords is a magnificent epic of three generations of Fords who played out the dramatic conflict between fathers and sons against the backdrop of the great industrial empire they built
Major ad/promo; BOMC selection; author tour. This saga pulls at the emotions while instructing readers about harsh business realities and human frailty as we watch Edsel's four children and numerous grandchildren contend with celebrity and great wealth, ill health, alcoholism, family jealousy, sense of failure and marital unhappiness. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Finally, we're shown Henry Ford II, who after World War II assumed authority as his father never could, and become a national figure by leading the Ford Motor Company to great renewed successat a great personal price. From Publishers Weekly Collier and Horowitz (The Kennedys, The