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Author McCarthy, Pat, 1940-

Title Henry Ford : building cars for everyone / Pat McCarthy.

Publication Info. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 FORD    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J Biography FORD    Check Shelf
Description 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Historical American biographies
Historical American biographies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Testing the quadricycle -- Henry Ford, farm boy -- Independence and marriage -- Race cars and business failures -- Ford pioneers the assembly line -- The Peace Ship -- War, trials, and retirement -- Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum -- The Twenties, the Thirties, and the Great Depression -- Labor problems -- The later years -- The legacy of Henry Ford.
Summary A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.5 4.0 60701.
Subject Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 -- Juvenile literature.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Industrialists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Automobile engineers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Automobile industry and trade.
Industrialists.
ISBN 076601620X
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