Henry Ford's Own Story

by Rose Wilder Lane

31 chapters4h 27mEnglish1917

About this book

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.)

Chapters (30)

101 - One Summer's Day

515

202 - Mending a Watch

584

303 - The First Job

479

404 - An Exacting Routine

510

505 - Getting The Machine Idea

546

606 - Back To The Farm

588

707 - The Road To Hymen

534

808 - Making A Farm Efficient

515

909 - The Lure Of The Machine Shops

478

1010 - "Why Not Use Gasoline?"

533

1111 - Back To Detroit

458

1212 - Learning About Electricity

451

1313 - Eight Hours, But Not For Himself

507

1414 - Struggling With The First Car

541

1515 - A Ride In The Rain

503

1616 - Enter Coffee Jim

509

1717 - Another Eight Years

504

1818 - Winning A Race

520

1919 - Raising Capital

504

2020 - Clinging To A Principle

536

2121- Early Manufacturing Trials

600

2222 - Automobiles For The Masses

521

2323 - Fighting The Seldon Patent

521

2424 - "The Greatest Good To The Greatest Number"

547

2525 - Five Dollars A Day Minimum

561

2626 - Making It Pay

579

2727 - The Importance Of A Job

511

2828 - A Great Educational Institution

514

2929 - The European War

491

3030 - The Best Preparedness

528

Henry Ford's Own Story

About this book

Chapters (30)

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