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Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Born and raised on a family farm, Henry Ford abandoned his traditional way of life to become an American legend and industry icon. Ford's life mirrored the broad transition taking place in the United States just after the Civil War as it converted from an agrarian to an industrial society during the American phase of the Industrial Revolution. Henry Ford was also a man of contradictions. While he gained fame for producing affordable cars such as the...
42) Ferrari Spider
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
If you like Italian food, Italian fashion, or anything about Italy, you'll love a Ferrari. Since 1947, Ferrari racecars and road cars have set the standard in both style and performance. Learn abou these legendary supercars!
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
No technological achievement has altered our world more than the introduction of the automobile into every element of our society, and no single company has been more influential in that achievement than Ford Motor Company. For the past one hundred years, we have used automobiles for our livelihood, for travel and recreation, for delivery and transport -- thanks, in large part, to the vision of Henry Ford and the three successive generations of Ford...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes listeners back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era-from 1893, when the first U.S.-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"On a brutally hot summer morning in Charlotte, North Carolina, Big Al Washington-a local legend for car sales and cheesy commercials-dies under mysterious circumstances. As the vultures line up for their fair share of his fortune, Big Al's trusted attorney, Larry Bridges, informs the Washington kin that the estate will be frozen until the case is solved. Weary of probing police detectives and avaricious beneficiaries, Larry enlists his savvy daughter,...
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Money, power, politics, drugs, scandal, and fast cars: the incredible story of John DeLorean is the stuff of a Hollywood screenwriter's dreams. But who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man. Interweaving archival footage with dramatic vignettes, loot at a man who gambled everything in pursuit of the American Dream.
52) 2057
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Includes 2057 (a look at custom-built organs, robotic surgery, intelligent clothing, and more amazing inventions in the future) and Future Car (a look at cars in 2030, the fuel they would use, the computers in them, and more).
54) Henry Ford
Author
Pub. Date
[1970]
Description
A biography of the man remembered as "father of assembly-line production" and as an innovator in labor practices.
56) Henry Ford
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
Profiles the life of Henry Ford who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century. Through his own fierce determination, he created the Model T, the most successful car in history, and introduced the groundbreaking five-dollar-a-day wage, ushering in the modern world as we know it. A hero to many ordinary Americans, he battled his workers and bullied those who looked up to him, including his only son.
57) Henry Ford
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Sketches the life of the inventor and businessman who with hard work and an innovative mind changed the car industry in ways that will never be duplicated.
59) Flash of Genius
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
After Robert Kearns invents the intermittent windshield wiper, he accuses an automobile company of stealing his design and takes them to court.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Investigates the development and demise of the fuel-efficient, environment-friendly electric car. Examines the Bush administration's role in the car's being peremptory pulled from production, the influence of the automobile industry and oil interests, and implications for the future of sustainable energy in the United States.
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