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Ford: The Men and the Machine
Author: Robert Lacey

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780345343123 - ISBN-10: 0345343123
Publication Date: 5/12/1987


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover

Book Description:
Master biographer Robert Lacey tells the fascinating, authoritative account of the ambitious men and glamorous women behind the world's largest family-controlled business empire. From Henry Ford -- the original in every sense of the word -- whose revolutionary standards created a new way of life for America and the world, to Henry Ford II, old Henry's grandson, who rose from a frivolous playboy to become an industrial giant in his own right, to the tragic figure of Edsel Ford, old Henry's son and young Henry's father, smothered by the one and overshadowed by the other, to brash Lee Iacocca, whose visionary plans for the company would put him in conflict with Henry Ford II.
"Richly anecdotal and wonderfully readable . . . irresistable." The Washington Post Book World

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Kari M. (deltatiger) wrote on 4/14/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Written in the mid 80s, this is a well written, balanced, and easy to read biography of the Ford family. Personally, I walked away from the book disliking almost everyone in it - which takes away a lot of the fun in reading a biography. But if you are interested in the history of the car and the companies that make them, you may find it interesting.


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Donna C. (donnajeanc) wrote on 11/14/2004...


bio of Henry Ford\'s family


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