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Henry Ford's Own Story

Henry Ford's Own Story

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Number of Chapters: 31

Length: 4 hours and 27 minutes

Language: English

Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry Ford, Ms. Lane worked directly with Ford to tell his story from his birth to his founding of the Ford Motor Company and his use of modern assembly lines to mass produce his cars. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett.)

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00 - Foreword (Lee Ann Howlett)
01 - One Summer's Day (Lee Ann Howlett)
02 - Mending a Watch (Lee Ann Howlett)
03 - The First Job (Lee Ann Howlett)
04 - An Exacting Routine (Lee Ann Howlett)
05 - Getting The Machine Idea (Lee Ann Howlett)
06 - Back To The Farm (Lee Ann Howlett)
07 - The Road To Hymen (Lee Ann Howlett)
08 - Making A Farm Efficient (Lee Ann Howlett)
09 - The Lure Of The Machine Shops (Lee Ann Howlett)
10 - "Why Not Use Gasoline?" (Lee Ann Howlett)
11 - Back To Detroit (Lee Ann Howlett)
12 - Learning About Electricity (Lee Ann Howlett)
13 - Eight Hours, But Not For Himself (Lee Ann Howlett)
14 - Struggling With The First Car (Lee Ann Howlett)
15 - A Ride In The Rain (Lee Ann Howlett)
16 - Enter Coffee Jim (Lee Ann Howlett)
17 - Another Eight Years (Lee Ann Howlett)
18 - Winning A Race (Lee Ann Howlett)
19 - Raising Capital (Lee Ann Howlett)
20 - Clinging To A Principle (Lee Ann Howlett)
21- Early Manufacturing Trials (Lee Ann Howlett)
22 - Automobiles For The Masses (Lee Ann Howlett)
23 - Fighting The Seldon Patent (Lee Ann Howlett)
24 - "The Greatest Good To The Greatest Number" (Lee Ann Howlett)
25 - Five Dollars A Day Minimum (Lee Ann Howlett)
26 - Making It Pay (Lee Ann Howlett)
27 - The Importance Of A Job (Lee Ann Howlett)
28 - A Great Educational Institution (Lee Ann Howlett)
29 - The European War (Lee Ann Howlett)
30 - The Best Preparedness (Lee Ann Howlett)
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