The epic struggle between a father and son and the building of aworldwide business empire In this retelling of the story of the rise of Ford Motors,journalist Richard Bak offers a daring new perspective on the humandrama that helped shape one of the world's great business empires.No dry corporate history, Henry and Edsel focuses on the epicbattle of wills between the unyielding Henry Ford, his gifted sonEdsel, and his "second son," the brutal and insidious Harry Bennetwho rose from barroom brawler to become Henry's heir apparent. Bakdispels the common misperception of Edsel Ford as a weak...
The epic struggle between a father and son and the building of aworldwide business empire In this retelling of the story of the rise of Ford Motors,j...
The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero
The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York and Paris attracted some of the most famous and seasoned aviators of the day, yet it was the young and lesser known Charles Lindbergh who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927 for his history-making solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Drawing on many previously overlooked sources, Bak offers a fresh look at the personalities that made up this epic air race - a deadly competition that culminated in one of the twentieth century's most...
The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero
The race to make the first nonstop flight between the N...
