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Automobile industry and trade United States Biography Juvenile literature Automobile industry and trade United States History Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919 Ford, Henry 1863-1947 Ford, Henry 1863-1947 Juvenile literature Industrialists Industrialists United States Biography Industrialists United States Biography Juvenile literature New York (N.Y.) Drama United StatesDavis, Lynn
Summary: "The car changed travel forever. Henry Ford started a car-making revolution. Kids can read this book to find out how Ford transformed America with his cars. They will learn how many cars Ford made before the Model T Ford"--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORSummary: After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Master Splinter, their sensei, is struggling to keep them together. He becomes worried when strange things begin brewing in New York City. Tech-industrialist tycoon Max Winters revives four ancient stone warriors and enlists the help of the foot clan to help capture ancient monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY TMNSummary: Discusses the life and accomplishments of Henry Ford, a man who changed the American way of life in the 1900s by inventing the Model T and founding the Ford Motor Company.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: James Bond travels to San Francisco to thwart an industrialist intent on creating a microchip monopoly by flooding Silicon Valley. Features Roger Moore in the role of the MI6 super spy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios 2012
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE VIEWert, Jeffry D.
Summary: "Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach of railroads and telegraph lines, the country remained largely rural, with only pockets of small manufacturing. Then the war came and woke the sleeping giant. The Civil War created a wave of unprecedented industrial growth and development,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.7 WERBenedict, Marie
Summary: Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the other woman with the same name has vanished, and pretending to be her just might get Clara some money to send back home. If she can keep up the ruse, that is....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Benedict 2018Markel, Howard
Summary: "John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which revolutionized the mass production of food and what we eat for breakfast. In The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B KELLOGGS MARKent, Zachary.
Summary: A biography of the Scottish immigrant who made a fortune in the steel industry and used much of it for philanthropic causes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB CARNEGIE KENMitchell, Don
Summary: A biography of Henry Ford, the industrial visionary who changed the automobile from rich man's toy into affordable necessity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2010
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: From environmental pollution to their efforts to dismantle social security for working Americans, the Koch Brothers have launched a large network, attacking our American values. Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Van Jones and Katrina vanden Heuvel in this shocking and dramatic investigation of how the Billionaire Koch brothers have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on covert attacks that destroy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disinformation 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KOCGreen, Sara
Summary: "Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 338 GREBaldwin, Neil
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.762 BALBryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson)
Summary: Describes people and interests that colored the life of Henry Ford I. Part I encompasses Ford's encounters with famous people such as George Washington Carver, Helen Keller, Mahatma Gandhi, and others. Part 2 details the branches of the Ford family tree. Part 3 addresses Ford's mechanical pursuits including the electric car, speedboat Miss Dearborn, and robot engines. Parts 5 and 6 detail...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ford Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY BRYGregory, Josh.
Contents: From Dearborn to Detroit : How did Henry Ford become interested in cars? -- On the Road : What were the first vehicles Ford ever built? -- A Car For Everyone : How did Ford manufacture so many Model Ts? -- The Big Truth : Many Models : How did Ford's car designs change over time? -- Later Years : How did the Great Depression affect Ford's business? -- True Statistics -- Important Words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORSancton, Thomas (Thomas Alexander)
Summary: "A riveting on-the-edge-of-your-seat story about the famous 1970s Patty Hearst-style kidnapping of Baron Edouard "Wado" Empain, juxtaposed with the story of his famous grandfather, the first Baron, who built the Paris Metro, all with the fascinating alternating backgrounds of both Belle Epoque and 1970s high-fashion Paris. What does it take to create a dynasty? What does it take to keep one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.82 SANBiebow, Natascha
Summary: "Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over Broadway"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Brinkley, Douglas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY BRIDavenport, Christian
Summary: Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA. "The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 DAVSnow, Richard F.
Summary: "From an acclaimed popular historian comes a fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford and his invention of the Model-T--the machine that defined the dawning age in America. Every century or so, our republic has been changed by a new technology: 170 years ago it was the railroad; today it's the microprocessor. But in the early twentieth century it was the gasoline-combustion...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, HENRY SNOBurgan, Michael
Summary: Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford’s humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric rise, and explains how the genius behind the assembly line and the Model T shaped modern American industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FORHiltzik, Michael A.
Summary: "From Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Hiltzik, the epic tale of the clash for supremacy between America's railroad titans"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.0973 HILKrass, Peter.
Summary: Explores the life and career of the industrialist who made his fortune in the steel industry, and who was also one of the nation's greatest philanthropists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARNEGIE, ANDREW KRAMorris, Charles R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Watts, Steven
Summary: Henry Ford, a major architect of modern America, has lived on in the imagination of his fellow citizens as an enduring figure of fascination, an inimitable individual, a controversial personality, and a social visionary from the moment his Model T brought the automobile to the masses and triggered the consumer revolution. Ford first made the automobile affordable, but grew skeptical of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2005