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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.
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 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.
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