LEADER 01141nam 2200337Ia 450 001 996391190503316 005 20221108075903.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000663996 035 $a(EEBO)2240917372 035 $a(OCoLC)45578114 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000663996 100 $a20001215d1695 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#|||a|bb| 200 10$aTo His Majesties High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable Estates of Parliament$b[electronic resource] /$fAlison Aitkin, and Mr. Duncan Robertson her husband, for his interest 210 $a[Edinburgh? $cs.n.$d1695?] 215 $a4 p 300 $aCaption title. 300 $aPlace and date of publication suggested by Wing. 300 $aReproduction of original in the Sutro Library. 330 $aeebo-0111 606 $aWills$zScotland$vCases 615 0$aWills 700 $aAitkin$b Alison$01011173 701 $aRobertson$b Duncan$0763201 801 0$bEAE 801 1$bEAE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996391190503316 996 $aTo His Majesties High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable Estates of Parliament$92341627 997 $aUNISA LEADER 04360nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910962253903321 005 20251203230746.0 010 $a9780814335697 010 $a0814335691 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048122 035 $a(EBL)3416381 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644116 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11377726 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644116 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10675827 035 $a(PQKB)11500636 035 $a(OCoLC)755623950 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3416381 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10499887 035 $a(OCoLC)847376840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31349242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3416381 035 $a(Perlego)4160411 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048122 100 $a20051006e20061956 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMy forty years with Ford /$fCharles E. Sorensen ; with Samuel T. Williamson ; introduction by David L. Lewis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDetroit $cWayne State University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (382 p.) 225 1 $aGreat Lakes books 300 $aOriginally published: New York : Norton, 1956. 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780814332795 311 08$a081433279X 327 $a1. "All that I saw" -- 2. What was Henry Ford really like? -- 3. Henry Ford's man -- 4. What made the Ford organization tick? -- 5. Work was play -- 6. I, Charles Sorensen -- 7. I go to work for Ford -- 8. Couzens, wills, and Flanders : three Ford "greats" -- 9. Model T -- 10. The birth of mass production -- 11. The five-dollar day -- 12. We start the rouge -- 13. We finish the rouge -- 14. Mr. Ford buys a railroad -- 15. Russian adventure -- 16. Farewell to Model T -- 17. Tractor troubles -- 18. Ford and the New Deal -- 19. The biggest challenge of my life -- 20. Henry Ford's greatest failure. 330 8 $aAn unflinching eyewitness account of the Ford story as told by one of Henry Ford's closest associates. In My Forty Years with Ford, Charles Sorensen-sometimes known as "Henry Ford's man, " sometimes as "Cast-iron Charlie"-tells his own story, and it is as challenging as it is historic. He emerges as a man who was not only one of the great production geniuses of the world but also a man who called the plays as he saw them. He was the only man who was able to stay with Ford for almost the full history of his empire, yet he never hesitated to go against Ford when he felt the interests of the company demanded it. When labor difficulties mounted and Edsel's fatal illness was upon him, Sorensen sided with Edsel against Henry Ford and Harry Bennett, and he insisted that Henry Ford II be brought in to direct the company despite the aging founder's determination that no one but he hold the presidential reins. First published in 1956, My Forty Years with Ford has now been reissued in paperback for the first time. The Ford story has often been discussed in print but has rarely been articulated by someone who was there. Here Sorensen provides an eyewitness account of the birth of the Model T, the early conflicts with the Dodge brothers, the revolutionary announcement of the five-dollar day, and Sorensen's development of the moving assembly line-a concept that changed our world. Although Sorensen conceived, designed, and built the giant Willow Run plant in nineteen months and then proceeded to turn out eight thousand giant bombers, his life's major work was to make possible the vision of Henry Ford and to postpone the personal misfortune with which it ended. My Forty Years with Ford is both a personal history of a business empire and a revelation that moves with excitement and the power of tragedy. 410 0$aGreat Lakes books. 606 $aAutomobile industry and trade$zUnited States 615 0$aAutomobile industry and trade 676 $a338.7/6292092 676 $aB 700 $aSorensen$b Charles E.$f1881-1968.$01805771 701 $aWilliamson$b S. T$g(Samuel Thurston),$f1891-1962.$01858563 701 $aLewis$b David L$g(David Lanier),$f1927-$01805773 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962253903321 996 $aMy forty years with Ford$94461051 997 $aUNINA