Best Henry Ford Biography - April 2024

Henry Ford - Auto Tycoon: Insight and Analysis into the Man Behind the American Auto Industry (Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry)

**Buy the Paperback version of this book and get the Kindle eBook version for FREE!**The Ford name is everywhere, even in places where you don’t see it. It is ingrained in the American way of life. From the way we make our food to the way we think about cars, it all came from the mind of this Irishman from Michigan. Henry Ford was a titan’s titan. In monetary terms, he was richer than the richest man alive today. Yet, he was the gentlest of souls and had the brightest of minds.This book covers his life from when his family immigrated to Michigan until his last breath. It recounts a life fr... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1950010333
• ASIN: 1950010333
• ISBN: 1950010333
• Manufacturer: CAC Publishing LLC

The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

The fascinating story of two American giants—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically. In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07MGS7HJ9
• ASIN: B07MGS7HJ9
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Time For Kids: Henry Ford (Time For Kids Biographies)

As a young boy, Henry Ford was fascinated by technology and how objects worked. His childhood interests led him to leave the Ford family farm in Michigan in search of a career with machinery, and the rest is automotive and economic history.TIME For Kids® Biographies help make a connection between the lives of past heroes and the events of today. Henry Ford made cars affordable, turning them into the primary means of travel for Americans. His innovations, including the assembly line, are still benefiting us today.

• ASIN: 0060576308
• UPC: 351987658457
• ASIN: 0060576308
• ISBN: 0060576308
• Brand: Collins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

My Life and Work

"My Life and Work" is the autobiography of Henry Ford. Written in conjunction with Samuel Crowther, "My Life and Work" chronicles the rise and success of one of the greatest American entrepreneurs and businessmen. Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company will forever be identified with early 20th century American industrialism. The innovations to business and direct impact on the American economy of Henry Ford and his company are immeasurable. His story is brilliantly chronicled in this classic American biography.

• ASIN: 1545549117
• ASIN: 1545549117
• ISBN: 1545549117
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

• ASIN: B000XUDGHG
• ASIN: B000XUDGHG
• Manufacturer: Vintage

The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford’s outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography. The real Henry Ford was a tangle of contradictions. He set off the consumer revolution by producing a car affordable to the masses, all the while lamenting the moral toll exacted by consumerism. He believed in giving his workers a living wage, though he was entirely opposed to union labor. He had a warm and loving relationship with his wife, but sired a son wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375707255
• ASIN: 0375707255
• ISBN: 0375707255
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry: Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford, Cornelius Vanderbilt

**Buy the Paperback version of this series and get the Kindle eBook version for FREE!**The five ‘Titans of Industry’ discussed in this series are, without a doubt, the most influential and impactful men in American history. Without any one of them, the entire landscape of the US would be different. They are the founders of the American economy.  We live in a world today that is based on the actions of John D. Rockefeller. Everything we do and how we live are the result of oil and its power.J.P. Morgan is more than just the name on one of the largest banks in America; He built the financia... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07TYR1N81
• ASIN: B07TYR1N81
• Manufacturer: CAC Publishing LLC

Henry Ford for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities (For Kids series)

Henry Ford for Kids provides an in-depth portrait of the man who “put America on wheels.” You'll learn about Ford's childhood on a Michigan farm, where the budding engineer loved to take apart and reassamble everything from toys to watches to machinery; about his revolutionary labor ideas, including paying higher wages and hiring women and the disabled at a time when many companies would not; about his fervent opposition to war and the lasting impact of his widespread philanthropy. But you'll also learn that this automotive giant was a flawed individual whose controversial views and heavy... [Read More]

• ASIN: 161373090X
• ASIN: 161373090X
• ISBN: 161373090X
• Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

Drive!: Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age

From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation’s first car show in New York’s Madison Square Garden. The event was a spectacular success, attracting seventy exhibitors and nearly fifty thousand visitors. Among the spectators was  an obscure would-be automaker named Henry Ford, who walked the floor speaking with designers a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553394185
• ASIN: 0553394185
• ISBN: 0553394185
• Brand: Random House USA Inc
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

• ASIN: B005723KGW
• ASIN: B005723KGW
• ISBN: 0307886050
• Manufacturer: Currency

Who Was Henry Ford? - Biography Books for Kids 9-12 | Children's Biography Books

Your family probably owns a Ford, but do you know the man who first created the Ford? He is Henry Ford and you will know about his life if you read this interesting biography book for kids 9-12. Reading about the life story of successful individuals will rekindle your passion and interests in certain subjects. Be inspired. Read this book today!

• ASIN: 1541912373
• ASIN: 1541912373
• ISBN: 1541912373
• Manufacturer: Baby Professor

Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading)

It’s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course! Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story!

• ASIN: 0375815104
• UPC: 090129815104
• ASIN: 0375815104
• ISBN: 9780375815102
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

Diplomacy (Touchstone Book)

• ASIN: B006ID6UAW
• ASIN: B006ID6UAW
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

When the Center Held: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of the American Presidency

A revealing political memoir of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld—the New York Times bestselling author, and Ford’s former Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant.In the wake of Watergate, it seemed the United States was coming apart. America had experienced a decade of horrifying assassinations; the unprecedented resignation of first a vice president and then a president of the United States; intense cultural and social change; and a new mood of cynicism sweeping the country—a mood that, in some ways, lingers today... [Read More]

• ASIN: 150117293X
• ASIN: 150117293X
• ISBN: 150117293X
• Brand: Free Press
• Manufacturer: Free Press

Children Who Changed the World: The Childhood Biographies of Gates, Jobs, Disney, Einstein, Ford, Tesla, and Edison

7 Biographies For Kids (and adults) to Know AboutWhat kind of childhoods, education, and families did these seven famously successful people have? What led them to their outstanding accomplishments? Was it Intelligence? Fortitude? Confidence? Passion? Luck? All of the above? Or was it something else?Enjoy these seven fascinating, but little-known stories. Follow each of these children through that brief period of life where life-long personalities are formed. Discover what turned them into world-changing icons of modern history; for example, what turned little Albert into “EINSTEIN” or you... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07F242MQ9
• ASIN: B07F242MQ9

Who Was Henry Ford? - Biography Books for Kids 9-12 Children's Biography Books

Your family probably owns a Ford, but do you know the man who first created the Ford? He is Henry Ford and you will know about his life if you read this interesting biography book

• UPC: 436817601

The Vagabonds : The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

9781501159305

• UPC: 783261237

Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race

Relates the excitement caused by Henry Ford as he drove the "horseless carriage" he built, particularly when he decided to win a race to get money to build a new car that anyone could

• UPC: 2362335
• Rating: 3.0

I Invented the Modern Age : The Rise of Henry Ford

An account of Henry Ford's invention of the Model T offers insight into his mechanical talents and pioneering work in internal combustion, describing his impact on American culture and the perplexing subsequent changes in his

• UPC: 26738327
• Rating: 4.333

The Inventor's Secret : What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became

• UPC: 45139530

Who Was Henry Ford?

For use in schools and libraries only. Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford's humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to

• UPC: 545917018
• Rating: 3.5

Henry Ford : Young Man With Ideas

Henry Ford's natural curiosity and mechanical ability was apparent during his boyhood on a Michigan

• UPC: 541907
• Rating: 5.0

My Life and Work (the Autobiography of Henry Ford)

"My Life and Work" is the autobiography of Henry Ford. Written in conjunction with Samuel Crowther, "My Life and Work" chronicles the rise and success of one of the greatest American entrepreneurs and businessmen. Henry

• UPC: 9201663

Who Was Henry Ford?

Presents the life of the automotive industry pioneer, describing his youth, his career as a mechanic, his early automobile designs, and the creation and success of the Ford Motor

• UPC: 36560004
• Rating: 3.5

Henry Ford

"Explore the life and achievements of Henry Ford. Photographs, a timeline, and easy-to-read text tell the story of this great automobile maker who started the Ford Motor

• UPC: 55961677