American Journey: On The Road With Henry Ford Thomas Edison And John Burroughs Wes Davis Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

In 1913 An Unlikely Friendship Blossomed Between Henry Ford And Famed Naturalist John Burroughs When Their Mutual Interest Ralph Waldo Emerson Led Them To Set Out One Of Ford’s Model Ts Explore The Transcendentalist’s New England Trip Would Prove Be First Many Excursions That Take Together With Enthusiastic Thomas Edison Across America Road Trips—Increasingly Ambitious Scope—Transported Members Group 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition San Francisco Adirondacks York Green Mountains Vermont Finally Paving Way For A Grand 1918 Expedition Through Southern Appalachia Ways Timing Could Not Have Been Worse War Raging Europe Influenza Pandemic Had Already Claimed Thousands Lives Abroad Beginning Plague United States It Was Inopportune Moment Travel Nevertheless Each Men Who Embarked On Journey Subsequently Point As Most Memorable Vacation These Travels Profoundly Influenced Viewed World Nudging Work Directions Transformative Decade American History Wes Davis Re-Creates Landmark Adventures Which Great Naturalists Nineteenth Century Helped Invented Modern Age Reconnect Natural World—And Reimagine They Were Creating Σελίδες: 384 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0811 Διαστάσεις: 16X16Cm