"Baldwin reveals the dark side of one of our country's most celebrated and cherished heroes. The story is a sobering one that deserves to be told."
"[A] mesmerizing story…[that] Baldwin explains with scrupulous scholarship and a fine narrative drive."
"Baldwin brings a fresh approach to what has long been known about one of America's most famous anti-Semites…[Baldwin's] concise look at an organized American Jewry beginning to flex its muscles makes this excellent biography a tale of changing American ethnic relations."
"The portrayal of Ford by New York author Neil Baldwin is devastating, and is likely to have an impact on the way future generations of Americans think about the Dearborn farm boy whom Fortune magazine named the greatest businessman of the 20th Century."
"[Baldwin's] meticulously researched book will be an eye-opener to anyone who only has a textbook knowledge of ‘The Flivver King.'"
"…A complete and chilling account of Ford's lifelong obsession with Jews . . ."
"meticulously researched…Much more visceral than Albert Lee's Henry Ford and the Jews, this is a focused and exacting account of Ford."
"…A nuanced portrait of Ford…As talented a writer as he is a researcher, Baldwin presents his subject like good drama."
"Baldwin's fascinating book…at times reads like a Dreiser novel, complete with pressures on the ‘great man' from his wife and son, who did not share his prejudices."
"[Baldwin] sheds light…on American socio-cultural history…intelligent and provocative but not overly academic in tone."
"Neil Baldwin is the consummate reporter…Page after page, Baldwin's book stuns until you almost wish the odious revelations about Henry Ford's character would stop coming because you cannot take them anymore, even as you are drawn by their relentless fascination…the quality of his writing is superb…That Baldwin uncovers much to tell about the fool who was Henry Ford makes for an essential and important read."
"Extensive research…Baldwin destroys the commonly held myth that Ford ceased anti-Semitic projects and propaganda with his closing of the Dearborn Independent…"
"An impartial history…Henry Ford and the Jews contributes to that subgenre of history that debunks the myths of America's heroes and confronts us with our past, blemishes and all."
"Highly readable…" |
ISBN 978-1-58648-163-6 Pub date: 00/00/00 Price: $19.00/23.00 Canada 5-1/2x8-1/4 432 pages B/W photos throughout Carton Quantity: 24 Biography, History Selling Territory: WORLD Pub history: PublicAffairs hc
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