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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip (Thorndike Press Large Print Biographies and Memoir)
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About The Vagabonds: The Story Of Henry Ford And Thomas
Product Description In 1914 Henry Ford visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year they joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They continued their summer road trips until 1925. Although they traveled with an entourage, there was a serious purpose to these trips: to examine the conditions of America�s roadways and improve the practicality of automobile travel. The road trips made the automobile ubiquitous and magnified Ford�s reputation. The Vagabonds�is a story of two American giants and the transformation of the country. Review "A fascinating snapshot of some of the less-famous years of American history. . . .[And] a portrait of America's burgeoning love affair with the automobile."--Camila Domonoske "NPR.org " "An arresting account of America's auto-camping movement and its incipient motivators."--Library Journal (starred review) "Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, road-tripping buddies. . . . An entertaining story that mixes sharp portraits of their vivid personalities with details of their travels and a portrait of American society during those years."--Kirkus Reviews " The Vagabonds is Jeff Guinn at his incisive and entertaining best. Meticulously researched and gracefully written, The Vagabonds shows us the architects of the 20th century in a new and fascinating light. A great read."--Thomas Cobb, author of Crazy Heart and Darkness the Color of Snow "A fascinating slice of rarely considered American history."--Booklist "Jeff Guinn is a gifted writer, and his smooth prose transports the reader to the early 1900s, where we travel along with two of America's most celebrated icons. Guinn's unflinching portraits of Ford and Edison reveal that while these men accomplished great things, they were also deeply flawed individuals. One of the book's biggest surprises is how many of the currents running through it still roil our politics and culture today."--Eric Jay Dolin, Author of Black Flags, Blue Waters
