The Ford Barn

Special Coupe Frank · 01-30-2013, 12:34 AM

I tuned-in around 9:15... right around the first Ford-Winton race, c. 1901.

It is a bittersweet story.... self-made American tinkerer-turned inventor who wants to make the world a better place, and in the process begins to (unintentionally) destroy the world he loves ( 19th Century rural America )...

As a child, I was a voracious reader, and loved to read biographies of historical figures; my favorites were people like Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and so-on...

As an inventor/industrialist and social champion, Ford was in the ascendent between 1893 and 1916... and then he went into a sad, dark decline...

And no one suffered more than Edsel and Clara...

A long, sad end to such a great beginning...

01-30-2013, 12:34 AM	#11
Special Coupe Frank Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Northeast Penna Posts: 2,108	Re: Henry Ford on PBS I tuned-in around 9:15... right around the first Ford-Winton race, c. 1901. It is a bittersweet story.... self-made American tinkerer-turned inventor who wants to make the world a better place, and in the process begins to (unintentionally) destroy the world he loves ( 19th Century rural America )... As a child, I was a voracious reader, and loved to read biographies of historical figures; my favorites were people like Ben Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and so-on... As an inventor/industrialist and social champion, Ford was in the ascendent between 1893 and 1916... and then he went into a sad, dark decline... And no one suffered more than Edsel and Clara... A long, sad end to such a great beginning... Last edited by Special Coupe Frank; 01-30-2013 at 08:30 AM.