Henry Ford : building cars for everyone
Title
:
Henry Ford : building cars for everyone
Personal Author EPSB
:
Pat McCarthy
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.
Year Published
:
2002
Series
:
Historical American biographies
Physical Description
:
128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
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.
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader UG 7.5 4.0 60701
Personal Subject
:
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Subject
:
Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- Biography.
Automobile engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Entrepreneurs -- Biography
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.
ISBN
:
9780766016200
Publisher
:
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, 2002.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Edmonton Christian High | 338.7 FOR/MCC | Book | 30905000053144 | Non-Fiction |