In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Contents Introduction 7 Acknowledgments 9 Part I. Friends and Acquaintances 1. Greenfield Dancing Club of 1882 12 2. Thomas Edison 21 3. Harvey Firestone 34 4. John Burroughs 44 5. Martha Berry 51 6. George Washington Carver 59 7. McGuffey Readers 70 8. Mahatma Gandhi 76 9. Henry Clausen 79 Part II. Relatives 10. Ford Family Tree 84 11. Ford Cemetery 90 12. Great-grandmother Rebecca 95 13. Great-uncle Robert 101 14. Brother John 104 15. Sisters Margaret and Jane 110 16. Brother Will 118 17. The Litogots 125 Part III. Mechanical Exploits 18. Getting Started 134 19. Gasoline Rail Car 147 20. Ford-Edison Electric Car 153 21. Excursion into Railroading 162 22. Fordson Truck 172 23. Ford’s Amazing X-8 Vehicle 178 24. The Speedboat Miss Dearborn 183 25 Ford’s Robot Engines 187 26. Ford and the Metric Dilemma 194 Part IV. Financial Investments 27. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway 202 28. Michigan Stump Farm 208 29. Experience at Cape May 226 30. Dearborn’s Deep Test Well 229 31. Dearborn Flour Mill 235 32. Florida Rubber Plantation 242 33. Edison Botanic Research Corporation 249 34. Frischkorn Investment Company 256 35. The Ford Foundation 263 Part V. Humanitarian Efforts 36. Fordism: An Economic Philosophy 272 37. The Sociological Department 276 38. Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital 283 39. Letters from the Past 288 40. Quest for Alcohol Fuels 297 41. Cooperative Farmers Association 303 42. Two Camps for Boys 312 43. Georgia Experiments 317 44. Henry and the Disabled 326 45. Did You Hear from Mr. Ford? 336 Part VI. Luxuries 46. Fair Lane 342 47. The Mangoes 353 48. The Yacht Sialia 363 49. The Railway Car Fair Lane 370 50. Wayside Inn 376 51. Botsford Tavern 387 52. Dearborn Country Club 396 53. Richmond Hill 403 54. Huron Mountain Club 414 55. Henry Ford in Sculpture 420 Index 437 ...

Share