In "My Forty Years with Ford, " Charles Sorensen-sometimes known as "Henry Ford's man," sometimes as "Cast-iron Charlie"-tells his own story, and it is as challenging as it is historic. He emerges as a man who was not only one of the great production geniuses of the world but also a man who called t
My Forty Years with Ford
β Scribed by Charles E. Sorensen; Samuel T. Williams
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 382
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
An unflinching eyewitness account of the Ford story as told by one of Henry Fordβs closest associates.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
Introduction
PART I
1. "All That I Saw"
2. What Was Henry Ford Really Like?
3. Henry Ford's Man
4. What Made the Ford Organization Tick?
5. Work Was Play
PART 2
6. I, Charles Sorensen
7. I Go to Work for Ford
8. Couzens, Wills, and Flanders: Three Ford "Greats"
9. Model T
PART 3
10. The Birth of Mass Production
PART 4
11. The Five-Dollar Day
12. We Start the Rouge
13. We Finish the Rouge
14. Mr. Ford Buys a Railroad
15. Russian Adventure
16. Farewell to Model T
17. Tractor Troubles
PART 5
18. Ford and the New Deal
19. The Biggest Challenge of My Life
20. Henry Ford's Greatest Failure
Index
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