Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar
A biography of Henry Ford, I got it for two reasons - one, I knew nothing of the man other than that he was rumored to have been a terrible anti-Semite, and two, for being such a famous personality of his time little is said of him today. The book does a very good job of telling his origins and childhood in a way that explains most of his motivations later in life. The kicker is that, although the book acknowledges his anti-Semitism repeatedly, it doesn't really explain why he got to be that way. Especially in the light of retelling how his immediate family was at odds in their opinions, things fell rather flat there other than a brief explanation of "he read it in books when he was a kid and the idea must have stuck." So that part seemed rather a cop out granted how often it was brought up. However; when the book is its best is during the time when he was beginning his automotive empire so one can learn quite a bit about early engines, construction, etc. as things are explained rather well. So it was a bad / good situation.
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