"The 55 chapters of Friends, Families & Forays are bursting with details about the people and the pursuits that colored the life of Henry Ford.". "Here the reader will meet prominent and diverse figures of the previous century, such as Thomas Edison, John Burroughs, George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, and Mahatma Gandhi - all of whose lives intersected that of Henry Ford at some interesting point in his life. Also brought to life in these pages are the branches of Ford's family tree, from his Irish ancestors to the descendants who carry his legacy today.". "Although it was the automobile that made him an industrial icon, Henry Ford could boast of exploits in many other arenas as well: railroads, speedboats, robots, flour mills, rubber plantations, and humanitarian efforts around the world and in his own backyard. Ford's hard work and passionate interests brought him great wealth, and this book provides a peek at the luxuries he and his wife, Clara, enjoyed, from a yacht and a private rail car, to gracious residences in Michigan, Florida, and Georgia, to their favorite pastimes of old-fashioned dancing and antique collecting." "In Friends, Families & Forays, author Ford R. Bryan gives new contexts for understanding the colorful life of a twentieth-century genius."--BOOK JACKET. Source: OpenLibrary