Henry Ford : An Interpretation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marquis, Rev. Samuel S.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waipu : Pickle Partners Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

First published in 1923, this biography is widely regarded by many automotive historians as the finest and most dispassionate character study of Henry Ford ever written. Written by the Reverend Samuel S. Marquis, an Episcopalian minister who was also the head of the sociology department at Ford Motor Company, this collection of essays serves to analyze the "psychological puzzle such as the unusual mind and personality of Henry Ford presents." A gripping read for history buffs and fans of historical biographies. "Students of Henry Ford should be delighted by this republication of Samuel S. Marquis's shrewd evaluation of the legendary industrialist. A close friend and associate of Ford for many years, Marquis developed many compelling insights into the automobile maker's character and personality. One comes away from this book with a much greater sense of what made Ford tick."--STEVEN WATTS, Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia and author of The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century "Marquis was the first Ford intimate to criticize the industrialist in print. Aware that he was treading on thin ice, Marquis recalled that Ford had told him that 'the best friend one has is the man who tells him the truth.' Hopefully, the clergyman remarked, '[he] will receive the critical portion of these pages in the same spirit.' Ford emphatically did not...Marquis's book would have been widely read had not the Ford organization been fairly successful in buying up copies and persuading book dealers not to sell it."--DAVID L. LEWIS

Contents:

Title page

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION-HENRY FORD AN INTERPRETATION

CHAPTER I-THE FORD HALO

CHAPTER II-THE ART OF SELF-ADVERTISING

CHAPTER III-A DREAM THAT CAME TRUE

CHAPTER IV-THE FORD FORTUNE

CHAPTER V-SOME ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS

CHAPTER VI-MENTAL TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS

CHAPTER VII-"JUST KIDS"

CHAPTER VIII-BEHIND A CHINESE WALL

CHAPTER IX-HENRY FORD AND THE CHURCH

CHAPTER X-HENRY FORD, DIVES, LAZARUS AND OTHERS

CHAPTER XI-THE FORD CHARITIES

CHAPTER XII-THE FORD EXECUTIVE SCRAP HEAP

CHAPTER XIII-THE FORD INDEBTEDNESS

CHAPTER XIV-INDUSTRIAL SCAVENGERS

CHAPTER XV-LIGHTS

CHAPTER XVI-SHADOWS

CHAPTER XVII-AN ELUSIVE PERSONALITY

CHAPTER XVIII-EDSEL FORD

CHAPTER XIX-THE SON AND HIS FATHER'S SHOES

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Notes:

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ISBN:

9781787208384

1787208389

OCLC:

1534807337