Friends, Families, & Forays: Scenes from the Life and Times of Henry FordThe 55 chapters of Friends, Families & Forays are bursting with details about the people and the pursuits that colored the life of Henry Ford. Here the reader will meet prominent and diverse figures such as Thomas Edison, John Borroughs, George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, and Mahatma Gandhi—all of whose lives intersected that of Henry Ford at some interesting point in his life. Also brought to life in these pages are the branches of Ford's family tree, from his Irish ancestors to the descendants who carry his legacy today. Although it was the automobile that made him an industrial icon, Henry Ford could boast of exploits in many other arenas as well: railroads, speedboats, robots, flour mills, rubber plantations, and humanitarian efforts around the world and in his own backyard. Ford's hard work and passionate interests brought him great wealth , and this book provides a peek at the luxuries he and his wife, Clara, enjoyed, from a yacht and a private rail car, to gracious residences in Michigan, Florida, and Georgia. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Friends and Acquaintances | 11 |
Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 | 12 |
Thomas Edison | 21 |
Harvey Firestone | 34 |
John Burroughs | 44 |
Martha Berry | 51 |
Michigan Stump Farm | 208 |
Experience at Cape May | 228 |
Dearborns Deep Test Well | 229 |
Dearborn Flour Mill | 235 |
Florida Rubber Plantation | 242 |
Edison Botanic Research Corporation | 249 |
Frischkorn Investment Company | 256 |
The Ford Foundation | 263 |
George Washington Carver | 59 |
McGuffey Readers | 70 |
Mahatma Gandhi | 76 |
Henry Clausen | 79 |
Relatives | 83 |
Ford Family Tree | 84 |
Ford Cemetery | 90 |
Greatgrandmother Rebecca | 95 |
Greatuncle Robert 101I | 101 |
Brother John | 104 |
Sisters Margaret and Jane | 110 |
Brother Will | 118 |
The Litogots | 125 |
Mechanical Exploits | 133 |
Getting Started | 134 |
Gasoline Rail Car | 147 |
FordEdison Electric Car | 153 |
Excursion into Railroading | 162 |
Fordson Truck | 172 |
Fords Amazing X8 Vehicle | 178 |
The Speedboat Miss Dearborn | 183 |
Fords Robot Engines | 187 |
Ford and the Metric Dilemma | 194 |
Financial Investments | 201 |
Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway | 202 |
Humanitarian Efforts | 271 |
An Economic Philosophy | 272 |
The Sociological Department | 276 |
Detroits Henry Ford Hospital | 283 |
Letters from the Past | 288 |
Quest for Alcohol Fuels | 297 |
Cooperative Farmers Association | 303 |
Two Camps for Boys | 312 |
Georgia Experiments | 317 |
Henry and the Disabled | 326 |
You Hear from Mr Ford? | 336 |
Luxuries | 341 |
Fair Lane | 342 |
The Mangoes | 353 |
The Yacht Sialia | 363 |
The Railway Car Fair Lane | 370 |
Wayside Inn | 376 |
Botsford Tavern | 387 |
Dearborn Country Club | 396 |
Richmond Hill | 403 |
Huron Mountain Club | 414 |
Henry Ford in Sculpture | 420 |
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