Henry Ford’s Own Story

About this eBook

Author

Lane, Rose Wilder, 1886-1968

Title

Henry Ford's Own Story How a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power that goes with Many Millions, Yet Never Lost Touch with Humanity

Credits

Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46121

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46121

Release Date

June 28, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HENRY FORD’S OWN STORY — CHAPTER I ONE SUMMER’S DAY
2. 2.CHAPTER II MENDING A WATCH
3. 3.CHAPTER III THE FIRST JOB
4. 4.CHAPTER IV AN EXACTING ROUTINE
5. 5.CHAPTER V GETTING THE MACHINE IDEA
6. 6.CHAPTER VI BACK TO THE FARM
7. 7.CHAPTER VII THE ROAD TO HYMEN
8. 8.CHAPTER VIII MAKING A FARM EFFICIENT
9. 9.CHAPTER IX THE LURE OF THE MACHINE SHOPS
10. 10.CHAPTER X “WHY NOT USE GASOLINE?”
11. 11.CHAPTER XI BACK TO DETROIT
12. 12.CHAPTER XII LEARNING ABOUT ELECTRICITY
13. 13.CHAPTER XIII EIGHT HOURS, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF
14. 14.CHAPTER XIV STRUGGLING WITH THE FIRST CAR
15. 15.CHAPTER XV A RIDE IN THE RAIN
16. 16.CHAPTER XVI ENTER COFFEE JIM
17. 17.CHAPTER XVII ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS
18. 18.CHAPTER XVIII WINNING A RACE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIX RAISING CAPITAL
20. 20.CHAPTER XX CLINGING TO A PRINCIPLE
21. 21.CHAPTER XXI EARLY MANUFACTURING TRIALS
22. 22.CHAPTER XXII AUTOMOBILES FOR THE MASSES
23. 23.CHAPTER XXIII FIGHTING THE SELDON PATENT
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIV “THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER”
25. 25.CHAPTER XXV FIVE DOLLARS A DAY MINIMUM
26. 26.CHAPTER XXVI MAKING IT PAY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVII THE IMPORTANCE OF A JOB
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVIII A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIX THE EUROPEAN WAR
30. 30.CHAPTER XXX THE BEST PREPAREDNESS

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