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03657aam a22005538i 4500 001 10C6E4B61CAD11EA9987EF1297128E48 003 SILO 005 20191212010021 007 tb 008 190808s2019 meu edb 000 0 eng 010 $a 2019033211 020 $a 1432872141 020 $a 9781432872144 035 $a (OCoLC)1112141240 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCL $d FM0 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 10 $a TL140.F6 $b G85 2019b 082 00 $a 917.304/9130922 $2 23 100 1 $a Guinn, Jeff, $e author. 245 14 $a The vagabonds : $b the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip / $c by Jeff Guinn. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2019. 300 $a 537 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rda 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print biography and memoirs 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on. Although the Vagabonds traveled with an entourage of chefs, butlers, and others, this elite fraternity also had a serious purpose: to examine the conditions of America's roadways and improve the practicality of automobile travel. Cars were unreliable and the roads were even worse. But newspaper coverage of these trips was extensive, and as cars and roads improved, the summer trip by automobile soon became a desired element of American life. In The Vagabonds Jeff Guinn shares the story of this pivotal moment in American history. But he also examines the important relationship between the older Edison and the younger Ford, who once worked for the famous inventor. The road trips made the automobile ubiquitous and magnified Ford's reputation, even as Edison's diminished. The automobile had come of age and it would transform the American landscape, the American economy, and the American way of life. Guinn brings to life this seminal moment when a new industry created a watershed cultural shift and a famous businessman became a prominent political figure. The Vagabonds is a wonderful story of two American giants and the transformation of the country"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Ford, Henry, $d 1863-1947 $x Travel $z United States. 600 10 $a Edison, Thomas A. $q (Thomas Alva), $d 1847-1931 $x Travel $z United States. 650 0 $a Automobile engineers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Inventors $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Automobile travel $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vacations $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Description and travel. 650 0 $a Large type books. 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314020927.0 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022359.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20220726010501.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220517010400.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20200903010535.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20200411010733.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200103011457.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=10C6E4B61CAD11EA9987EF1297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search