Henry Ford's Own Story
2017 September
2017 September
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Audio 1 of 5 (Modules 0-6) - 59 min
Audio 2 of 5 (Modules 7-12) - 49 min
Audio 3 of 5 (Modules 13-18) - 51 min
Audio 4 of 5 (Modules 19-24) - 54 min
Audio 5 of 5 (Modules 25-30) - 53 min
By: Rose Wilder Lane (1886-1968)
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.
30 Chapters in 5 Audio Modules
- 00 - Foreword
- 01 - One Summer's Day
- 02 - Mending a Watch
- 03 - The First Job
- 04 - An Exacting Routine
- 05 - Getting The Machine Idea
- 06 - Back To The Farm
- 07 - The Road To Hymen
- 08 - Making A Farm Efficient
- 09 - The Lure Of The Machine Shops
- 10 - Why Not Use Gasoline?
- 11 - Back To Detroit
- 12 - Learning About Electricity
- 13 - Eight Hours, But Not For Himself
- 14 - Struggling With The First Car
- 15 - A Ride In The Rain
- 16 - Enter Cofffee Jim
- 17 - Another Eight Years
- 18 - Winning A Race
- 19 - Raising Capital
- 20 - Clinging To A Principle
- 21 - Early Manufacturing Trials
- 22 - Automobiles For The Masses
- 23 - Fighting The Seldon Patent
- 24 - The Greatest Good To The Greatest Number
- 25 - Five Dollars A Day Minimum
- 26 - Making It Pay
- 27 - The Importance Of A Job
- 28 - A Great Educational Institution
- 29 - The European War
- 30 - The Best Preparedness
