Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron

by David Giffels and Steve Love

Wheels of Fortune is the story of the rise and fall and transformation of the rubber industry in Akron, a book rich in anecdotes and photographs. This is history told by people who lived it, on the factory floors and in executive offices, their voices ringing through a narrative that has all the heroes and villains and epic sweep of a Steinbeck novel. For more than a century after Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich came to town, in 1870, Akron, Ohio was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629221600
• ISBN13: 9781629221601
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.4" x 10.9"