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Author:

Guinn, Jeff, author.

Title:

The vagabonds : the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip / Jeff Guinn.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

306 pages 24 cm

Subject:

Ford, Henry,--1863-1947--Travel--United States.
Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931--Travel--United States.
Automobile engineers--United States--Biography.
Businessmen--United States--Biography.
Inventors--United States--Biography.
Automobile travel--United States--History--20th century.
Vacations--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Description and travel.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Paris, Michigan : mid-August 1923 -- 1914 -- 1915 -- 1916 -- 1918 -- 1919 -- 1920 -- 1921 -- Interim: November 1921-June 1923 -- 1923 -- 1924 -- Jep Bisbee is famous.

Summary:

"A brilliant portrait of two American giants, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and America entering the automobile age, told through the fascinating but little-known narrative of the summer road trips taken by Edison and Ford"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Simon & Schuster nonfiction original hardcover

ISBN:

1501159305 (hardcover)
9781501159305 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2018053698

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