Description The fascinating Story of two American giants--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--whose annual summer sojourns introduced the Road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically.
The Vagabonds is a wonderful Story of two American giants and the transformation of the country..
Guinn brings to life this seminal moment when a new industry created a watershed cultural shift and a famous businessman became a prominent political figure.
The automobile had come of age and it would transform the American landscape, the American economy, and the American way of life.
The Road trips made the automobile ubiquitous and magnified Ford\'s reputation, even as Edison\'s diminished.
But he also examines the important relationship between the older Edison and the younger Ford, who once worked for the famous inventor.
In The Vagabonds Jeff Guinn shares the Story of this pivotal moment in American history.
But newspaper coverage of these trips was extensive, and as cars and roads improved, the summer trip by automobile soon became a desired element of American life.
Cars were unreliable and the roads were even worse.
Although the Vagabonds traveled with an entourage of chefs, butlers, and others, this elite fraternity also had a serious purpose: to examine the conditions of America\'s roadways and improve the practicality of automobile travel.
They would continue their summer Road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on.
The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds.
In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades.
Description The fascinating Story of two American giants--Henry Ford and Thomas Edison--whose annual summer sojourns introduced the Road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically
