A multigenerational saga of the Ford family and the creation of the Ford automobile empire.
Book Details:
- Author: Richard Bak
- ISBN: 9780470303146
- Year Published: 2003
- Pages: 313
- BISAC: BIO003000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIO/Business
About the Book and Topic:
A multigenerational saga of the Ford family and the creation of the Ford automobile empire.
We will publish this fresh look at Henry Ford and his family in the 2003 centennial year of the Ford Motor Company. The author, a native of Michigan, know the territory and Ford very well, both as a researcher and a former employee.
FIRST BIOGRPAHY TO FOCUS ON BOTH FATHER AND SON Although Henry’s accomplishments are much storied, Edsel’s role was key and changed the course of the company in dramatic ways. THE DRAMATIC STORY OF AN EPIC STRUGGLE Describes the battle of wills between Henry, Edsel, and his “second son” Henry Bennett for control of the company during the 1920s and 1930s, the most cataclysmic period in automobile history. WELL PLACED AUTHOR Bak is a Detroit native, has written widely about the automotive industry and the Fords, and worked on the assembly line at Ford. ANNIVERSARY TIE-IN We will publish in the year of the 100th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company; Ford is going all out for the event, and there will also be centennial activities at the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, and the Edsel and Eleanor Ford Mansion.
About the Author
RICHARD BAK is a veteran journalist who grew up in Detroit and now lives in Dearborn, Michigan. Bak, who worked on the assembly lines at Ford and Chrysler, has written widely on the Fords and the automobile industry. His twenty books include biographies of Charles Lindbergh and Joe Louis. Bak has received two book of the year awards from ForeWord magazine: one for a narrative history of Tiger Stadium and the other for a chronicle of Detroit’s first three centuries.