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Davis, Lynn

Summary: "The car changed travel forever. Henry Ford started a car-making revolution. Kids can read this book to find out how Ford transformed America with his cars. They will learn how many cars Ford made before the Model T Ford"--Publisher's website.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Mitchell, Don

Summary: A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Markel, Howard

Summary: "John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B KELLOGGS MAR

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB FORD ELN

Roberts, David

Contents: Riverside -- The Ford Motor Company of Canada -- Mr. Ford's Canadian Model T -- Victory bonds -- Lockout -- Motoropolis -- McGregor's legacy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCGREGOR, GORDON M Roberts

Snow, Richard F.

Summary: "From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad; today it's the microprocessor. But in the early twentieth century it was the gasoline-combustion...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY SNO

Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1990

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY BRY

Long, J. C. (John Cuthbert)

Contents: Blazing the trails of tomorrow -- A grass-roots boyhood -- University days -- Detroit-to-New York pioneer tour -- Revolt at Oldsmobile -- Launching his first company -- Out of debt and on their way -- Chalmers-Detroit, and beginnings of Hudson -- Forecasting future trends -- On their own at last -- A millionaire at thirty -- Wednesday in Georgia -- Hudson's growing pains -- With Pershing on the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAPIN, ROY D. LON

Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2 BRY

Summary: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carmegie, Morgan, Ford, the Men Who Built America. Meet the titans who forged the foundation of modern America and created the American Dream. The mini-series shines a spotlight on the influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States. a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: History 2012

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MEN

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MEN

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Me

Kent, Zachary.

Summary: A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1999

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CAR

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CARNEGIE KEN

Yates, Brock

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: "Genius? Tyrant? Power broker? Enzo Ferrari is the impressively researched, fully detailed biography of one of the most powerful men of the twentieth century. Brock Yates penetrated Ferrari's inner circle and reveals everything, from his early days in the town of Modena to his bizarre relationship with his illegitimate son; from his fanatic passion for speed to his brilliant marketing of the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FERRARI, ENZO YAT

Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)

Summary: Describes people and interests that colored the life of Henry Ford I. Part I encompasses Ford's encounters with famous people such as George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. Part 2 details the branches of the Ford family tree. Part 3 addresses Ford's mechanical pursuits including the electric car, speedboat Miss Dearborn, and robot engines. Parts 5 and 6 detail...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ford Books 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY BRY

Gregory, Josh.

Contents: From Dearborn to Detroit : How did Henry Ford become interested in cars? -- On the Road : What were the first vehicles Ford ever built? -- A Car For Everyone : How did Ford manufacture so many Model Ts? -- The Big Truth : Many Models : How did Ford's car designs change over time? -- Later Years : How did the Great Depression affect Ford's business? -- True Statistics -- Important Words.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Baldwin, Neil

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.762 BAL

Burgan, Michael

Summary: 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Brinkley, Douglas.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY BRI

Davenport, Christian

Summary: Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA. "The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 DAV

Krass, Peter.

Summary: Explores the life and career of the industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry, and who was also one of the nation's greatest philanthropists.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2002

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARNEGIE, ANDREW KRA

York, M. J.

Summary: Describes the the life of Henry Ford, including information about his success as an inventor, engineer, and pioneer of the automobile.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FOR

Biebow, Natascha

Summary: "Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BIN

Morris, Charles R.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2005

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 339 MOR

Watts, Steven

Summary: Henry Ford, a major architect of modern America, has lived on in the imagination of his fellow citizens as an enduring figure of fascination, an inimitable individual, a controversial personality, and a social visionary from the moment his Model T brought the automobile to the masses and triggered the consumer revolution. Ford first made the automobile affordable, but grew skeptical of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2005

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult, Call number: 338.7 WAT

Green, Sara

Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338 GRE

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