I invented the modern age [LP] the rise of Henry Ford
Growing up as a Michigan farm boy with a bone-deep loathing of farming, Ford intuitively saw the advantages of internal combustion. Resourceful and fearless, he built his first gasoline engine out of scavenged industrial scraps. It was the size of a sewing machine. From there, scene by scene, Richar...
| Main Author: | Snow, Richard, 1947- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Thorndike, Maine :
Center Point Large Print,
2013.
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| Edition: | Center Point large print edition. |
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| Summary: |
Growing up as a Michigan farm boy with a bone-deep loathing of farming, Ford intuitively saw the advantages of internal combustion. Resourceful and fearless, he built his first gasoline engine out of scavenged industrial scraps. It was the size of a sewing machine. From there, scene by scene, Richard Snow vividly shows Ford using his innate mechanical abilities, hard work, and radical imagination as he transformed American industry. |
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| Physical Description: |
551 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-550). |
| ISBN: |
9781611738278 161173827X |