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Henry Ford once announced to a young schoolboy that it was he who had invented the modern age. Born on a farm in rural Michigan three weeks after the battle of Gettysburg, Ford hated everything about farming as soon as he could understand what it was about. So he turned his attention to the farm machinery that made the family farm run, and never looked back. It was his love of machines, then engines, and finally automobiles that Henry Ford is best known for. He designed and manufactured cars which would transform not just his family's little farm, and not just the city of Detroit. The automobile would change the world; ushering in a whole new way of living one's life. A modern life, to be sure. Beneath this diligent tycoon, lay a man of many contradictions. He worked hard to give the average American an affordable car and believed that mass consumerism was the key to keeping the world safe from war. Yet he opposed labor unions, supposedly sired a son with another woman, and was an enthusiastic anti-Semite.

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Henry Ford's Early Years Ford's Love for Engines The Ford Motor Company and the Model T Disdain of Labor Unions The Anti-Semite Problem Later Years and Death And much more!

Discover the story of Henry Ford, the visionary industrialist who revolutionized manufacturing and transformed American life. From the Model T to the assembly line, his innovations made cars affordable and reshaped the modern world. Perfect for readers of business history and industrial innovation.

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