The Last Days of Henry Ford
Henry Dominguez (Author)
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The Last Days of Henry Ford is a never-before-told story of the demise of America’s greatest industrialist. Combing through newspaper accounts and dusty archives, as well as interviewing dozens of eyewitnesses, Dominguez has woven together a masterful account of Henry Ford’s final hours and minutes.
The downslide began when the great tycoon suffered a devastating stroke in 1945, which left him physically able but mentally feeble, with little to do but follow his wife around their 56-room mansion like a little puppy. Soon he suffered the further indignity of being stripped by his own family of his once absolute power over the Ford Motor Company. But everyone was amazed one day in April 1947 when Henry was suddenly his old self again—just as his estate was flooded by an historic rainfall. In what may have been a prescient vision of his own death, Henry had his chauffeur drive him around to all the places that were most meaningful to him, including the cemetery where his parents were buried. That night, the former automotive giant suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage that took him to his own grave.
“The Last Days of Henry Ford is a beautifully written, meticulously researched, and compulsively readable work of history.”
—Robert Lacey, author of Ford: The Men and the Machine
“This is a spellbinding and poignant story that will intrigue and haunt all who read it.”
—Ken Gross, contributing editor Playboy, Road & Track
Henry Dominguez, whose works include Edsel: The Story of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Son, and the award-winning Edsel Ford & E. T. Gregorie, lives with his wife, Pat, in southern California.
- Rank: #180572 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-01-23
- Released on: 2013-01-23
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
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