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The vagabonds the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

The vagabonds [sound recording] : the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip / Jeff Guinn.

Guinn, Jeff, (author.). Hamilton, Josh, (narrator.).

Summary:

In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781508279815
  • ISBN: 1508279810
  • ISBN: 9781508279822
  • ISBN: 1508279829
  • Physical Description: 8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact discs.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Josh Hamilton.
Subject: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 > Travel > United States.
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 > Travel > United States.
Automobile engineers > United States > Biography.
Vacations > United States > History > 20th century.
Automobile travel > United States > History > 20th century.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
United States > Description and travel.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business.
Genre: Audiobooks.
Biographies.
Sound recordings.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District. (Show)

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Summary: In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on.

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