First published in 1958 by Charles Scribner's Sons, Independent Man is the only book-length biography of one of Michigan's most remarkable men. His many careers embraced both the business and political spheres. Couzens was a prominent businessman who helped shape Ford Motor Company, but he left the company when he and Henry Ford clashed over politics. Upon leaving Ford, Couzens began his political career, first serving as Detroit's police commissioner. He went on to a controversial term as mayor of Detroit and then represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate. This book reveals the life of a truly unique and inspirational man.

Take Me With You is an extraordinary story of an ordinary family as they face and resolve problems common to us all. David Lewis portrays his characters in a very compelling and compassionate way. This book is definitely worth the read.Marilyn Willett Heavilinauthor of Roses In December.Take Me With You is a compelling and griping story told in a way that will bless and touch your heart. It is a reminder that our heritage is a gift from God, and despite the challenges of life, God has a plan and purpose for our lives. You will laugh -- you will cry, but you will come away blessed as you spend time with Dave's book. A great book to share with families that are experiencing pain and difficulty - a resource that will provide hope Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KeswickTake Me With You is a heart grabbing Christian story about a true to life family. There is joy, sorrow, success and failure but at the end of the journey it is love and forgiveness that rules life.Dr. Joseph F. Scro, Pastor of Easton Bible ChurchDavid has shown us his love for family in his first book, TAKE ME WITH YOU. Having a diversified life experience, his Midwestern roots flavor and influence what he writes. His writing experience has blossomed from a humble beginning in the corporate world of interdepartmental communication, creating training manuals and marketing material, to writing drama skits, a play, poetry, short articles for the Ohio Historical Society, and now his first book. He is presently working on his second book about a runaway slave family during the Civil War, which should be available in the latter part of 2011.David is a retired schoolteacher. He is an accomplished musician and speaker, able to communicate with any age group. He and his wife Karlyn have been married for thirty-four years, and have three children, and eight grandchildren. Born in Ohio, he presently resides in New Jersey.

In 1895, visionary Rochester, New York, attorney George B. Selden was granted a patent for a "road-carriage" that he had designed but not built. In anticipation of a burgeoning American auto industry, Selden had filed a series of amendments to his application, delaying the process for sixteen years in order to stretch his claim out as long as possible. As a result, the Selden patent covered all gasoline-powered vehicles designed since 1879 and manufactured, sold, or used in the United States during a seventeen-year period ending in 1912. Selden's ally, the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, granted licenses and collected royalties on cars made by other manufacturers until 1903, when the patent was challenged by a coalition of automakers led by Henry Ford. In this classic study of the Selden patent case, author William Greenleaf argues that Ford's defiance of the patent was considered heroic and that his victory in court after a contentious eight-year trade war was historic. Based on Greenleaf's extensive research in the Ford corporate archives, Monopoly on Wheels shows that the real issue at stake in the Selden patent case was the democratisation of the automobile as a mass-produced, low-priced commodity as opposed to its former status as the exclusive property of the wealthy elite. Greenleaf shows that the suit was a foundation stone, along with the Model T, mass production methods, and the five-dollar day, upon which Ford's reputation as a rugged individualist was built. Greenleaf also investigates implications that the legal battle had beyond the auto industry for inventions, patents, and technological progress in general. Monopoly on Wheels vividly illustrates how the Selden patent battle became a landmark in the social and technological revolution of the early twentieth century. On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Selden patent case and fifty years after it was first published, this volume will be a welcome addition to any auto historian's library. This reprinted edition also includes a new introduction by David L. Lewis.

In AcAAMy Forty Years with FordAcAA, Charles Sorensen, sometimes known as AcAAHenry Ford's manAcAA, sometimes as AcAACast-iron CharlieAcAA, 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 the plays as he saw them. He was the only man who was able to stay with Ford for almost the full history of his empire, yet he never hesitated to go against Ford when he felt the interests of the company demanded it. When labor difficulties mounted and Edsel's fatal illness was upon him. Sorensen sided with Edsel against Henry Ford and Harry Bennett, and he insisted that Henry Ford II be brought in to direct the company despite the aging founder's determination that no one but he hold the presidential reins. First published in 1956, AcAAMy Forty Years with FordAcAA, has now been reissued in paperback for the first time. The Ford story has often been discussed in print but has rarely been articulated by someone who was there. Here Sorensen provides an eyewitness account of the birth of the Model T, the early conflicts with the Dodge brothers, the revolutionary announcement of the five-dollar day, and Sorensen's development of the moving assembly line, a concept that changed our world. Although Sorensen conceived, designed, and built the giant Willow Run plant in nineteen months and then proceeded to turn out eight thousand giant bombers, his life's major work was to make possible the vision of Henry Ford and to postpone the personal misfortune with which it ended. AcAAMy Forty Years with FordAcAA is both a personal history of a business empire and a revelation that moves with excitement and the power of tragedy.

An interpretive history of the territory which has served as the seat of the Federal government since 1790.