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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The inventor's secret The inventor's secret Suzanne Slade Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable versi… OL20014156W
Henry Ford in his own words Henry Ford in his own words Ryan Nagelhout This biography uses quotations and writings to trace Henry Ford's rise from humble farm boy to thriving entrepreneur and founder of the Ford Motor Company. OL22301381W
Henry Ford's Lean Vision Henry Ford's Lean Vision William A. Levinson "In Henry Ford's Lean Vision, William A. Levinson draws from Henry Ford's writings, the procedures in his factories, and historical anecdotes about the birth of lean in Japan to show that the philoso… OL3294268W
We'll race you, Henry We'll race you, Henry Mitchell, Barbara A brief biography of Henry Ford with emphasis on how he came to develop fast, sturdy, and reliable racing cars that eventually gave him the idea for his Model T. OL3516409W
Henry Ford, Young Man with Ideas Henry Ford, Young Man with Ideas Hazel B. Aird The early life of the American automotive industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered in assembly-line methods of mass production. OL5263103W
Henry Ford Henry Ford Haydn Middleton A brief biography of the man whose Model T automobile made the gasoline powered car affordable to Americans, selling in 1908 for eight hundred and twenty-five dollars. OL79666W