The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip

by Jeff Guinn

Book Overview

The fascinating story of two American giants--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501159305
• ISBN13: 9781501159305
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"