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Henry Ford's Own Story

Rose Wilder Lane (1886 - 1968)

Rose Wilder Lane was a newspaper reporter, free-lance writer, political activist, and the daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" series of popular children's books. In this biography of Henry Ford, Ms. Lane worked directly with Ford to tell his story from his birth to his founding of the Ford Motor Company and his use of modern assembly lines to mass produce his cars. (Summary by Lee Ann Howlett.)

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	00 - Foreword	Lee Ann Howlett	00:05:39
Play 01	01 - One Summer's Day	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:35
Play 02	02 - Mending a Watch	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:44
Play 03	03 - The First Job	Lee Ann Howlett	00:07:59
Play 04	04 - An Exacting Routine	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:30
Play 05	05 - Getting The Machine Idea	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:06
Play 06	06 - Back To The Farm	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:48
Play 07	07 - The Road To Hymen	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:54
Play 08	08 - Making A Farm Efficient	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:35
Play 09	09 - The Lure Of The Machine Shops	Lee Ann Howlett	00:07:58
Play 10	10 - "Why Not Use Gasoline?"	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:53
Play 11	11 - Back To Detroit	Lee Ann Howlett	00:07:38
Play 12	12 - Learning About Electricity	Lee Ann Howlett	00:07:31
Play 13	13 - Eight Hours, But Not For Himself	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:27
Play 14	14 - Struggling With The First Car	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:01
Play 15	15 - A Ride In The Rain	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:23
Play 16	16 - Enter Coffee Jim	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:29
Play 17	17 - Another Eight Years	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:24
Play 18	18 - Winning A Race	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:40
Play 19	19 - Raising Capital	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:24
Play 20	20 - Clinging To A Principle	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:56
Play 21	21- Early Manufacturing Trials	Lee Ann Howlett	00:10:00
Play 22	22 - Automobiles For The Masses	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:41
Play 23	23 - Fighting The Seldon Patent	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:41
Play 24	24 - "The Greatest Good To The Greatest Number"	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:07
Play 25	25 - Five Dollars A Day Minimum	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:21
Play 26	26 - Making It Pay	Lee Ann Howlett	00:09:39
Play 27	27 - The Importance Of A Job	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:31
Play 28	28 - A Great Educational Institution	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:34
Play 29	29 - The European War	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:11
Play 30	30 - The Best Preparedness	Lee Ann Howlett	00:08:48

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