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Henry Ford’s Own Story

Category: Book
Subtitle: How a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power That Goes With Many Millions, Yet Never Lost Touch With Humanity
Author: Henry Ford, as told to Rose Wilder Lane
Publisher: Ellis O. Jones, Forest Hills/New York City
Year: 1917
Description: Henry Ford's autobiography as told from a third person point of view.
Page Sections: Publications · Full Text & Audio

Publications

DateDocumentDetails
1917
copyright year
Henry Ford’s Own Story
How a Farmer Boy Rose to the Power That Goes With Many Millions, Yet Never Lost Touch With Humanity
Book ( PDF) 3.0MB · 184 pages
Author: Henry Ford,
    as told to Rose Wilder Lane
Publisher: Ellis O. Jones
Topic: Henry Ford’s Own Story


Full Text & Audio

Audio book by LibriVox, read by Lee Ann Howlett. Total audio duration 4:22:07.

Foreword
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Chapter I
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Chapter II - MENDING A WATCH
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Chapter III - THE FIRST JOB
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Chapter IV - AN EXACTING ROUTINE
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Chapter V - GETTING THE MACHINE IDEA
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Chapter VI - BACK TO THE FARM
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Chapter VII - THE ROAD TO HYMEN
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Chapter VIII - MAKING A FARM EFFICIENT
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Chapter IX - THE LURE OF THE MACHINE SHOPS
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Chapter X - "WHY NOT USE GASOLINE?"
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Chapter XI - BACK TO DETROIT
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Chapter XII - LEARNING ABOUT ELECTRICITY
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Chapter XIII - EIGHT HOURS, BUT NOT FOR HIMSELF
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Chapter XIV - STRUGGLING WITH THE FIRST CAR
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Chapter XV - A RIDE IN THE RAIN
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Chapter XVI - ENTER COFFEE JIM
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Chapter XVII - ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS
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Chapter XVIII - WINNING A RACE
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Chapter XIX - RAISING CAPITAL
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Chapter XX - CLINGING TO A PRINCIPLE
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Chapter XXI - EARLY MANUFACTURING TRIALS
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Chapter XXII - AUTOMOBILES FOR THE MASSES
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Chapter XXIII - FIGHTING THE SELDON PATENT
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Chapter XXIV - "THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER"
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Chapter XXV - FIVE DOLLARS A DAY MINIMUM
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Chapter XXVI - MAKING IT PAY
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Chapter XXVII - THE IMPORTANCE OF A JOB
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Chapter XXVIII - A GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
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Chapter XXIX - THE EUROPEAN WAR
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Chapter XXX - THE BEST PREPAREDNESS
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