Author : Hazel B. Aird
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 10,72 MB
Release : 1986-10-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0020419104
The early life of the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production.
Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,4 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1613730934
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-handed management style alienated many, yet whose engineering genius and impact on the world are undeniable. Packed with historic photos and illuminating sidebars, the book brings the turn of the 20th century to life. Twenty-one hands-on activities encourage young innovators to apply engineering and production ideas and learn more about the era. Kids will build a lemon-powered battery; form an assembly line; learn to "read" simple industrial drawings; design an automobile dashboard; learn to dance the waltz; and much more.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0448479575
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 the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric rise, and explains how the genius behind the assembly line and the Model T shaped modern American industry.
Author : Editors Of Time For Kids
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 34,38 MB
Release : 2008-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0060576316
Discusses the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, a man who changed the American way of life in the 1900s by inventing the Model T and founding the Ford Motor Company.
Author : Steven Watts
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307558975
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 with another woman. A rabid anti-Semite, he nonetheless embraced African American workers in the era of Jim Crow. Uncovering the man behind the myth, situating his achievements and their attendant controversies firmly within the context of early twentieth-century America, Watts has given us a comprehensive, illuminating, and fascinating biography of one of America’s first mass-culture celebrities.
Author : Neil Baldwin
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2001-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Drawing upon oral history transcripts, archival correspondence, and unpublished family memoirs, independent scholar Baldwin describes Henry Ford's rabid anti-Semitism and the Jewish American community's response to him. Topics include Ford's hateful essays in The Dearborn Independent, his publication of treatises on the alleged international Jewish banking conspiracy, and his impact on the anti- Semitic movement in Europe in the years leading up to World War II. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 45,22 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482414805
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, didn't invent the car or even his famous assembly line. However, he was the innovator who made these things wildly successful. In fact, his practices and ideas shaped American life and business in the twentieth century, even helping the war effort in World War II, and continue to do so today. This biography uses quotations and writings to trace Henry Ford's rise from humble farm boy to thriving entrepreneur.
Author : Henry Ford
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN :
Author : Hazel B. Aird
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 1959
Category :
ISBN : 9780672500787
Author : Douglas Brinkley
Publisher :
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2009-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781437965506
The saga of how Henry Ford and Ford Motor Co. changed our world. Reveals the details of Ford¿s achievements, from the success of the Tin Lizzie to the Model A and V-8, through the Thunderbird, Mustang, and Taurus. Innovators include: Thomas Edison, Alfred Sloan, the Wright Bros., Diego Rivera, and Charles Lindbergh. Discusses 3 factories: Highland Park, River Rouge, and Willow Run, where B-24 airplanes were mass-produced during WW2. Tells of Ford¿s expansion throughout the world, as well as the acquisitions of Volvo, Land Rover, Jaguar, and Mazda. Explores Ford¿s darker aspects, incl. its founder¿s anti-Semitism and wartime pacifism. Introduces us to: James Couzens, Lee Iocacco and William Clay Ford Jr. Photos.
