Fordlandia, Greg Grandin
Fordlandia, Greg Grandin
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Fordlandia
The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

Author: Greg Grandin

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 15 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/11/2010


Synopsis

Fordlandia by National Book Award finalist Greg Grandin tells the enthralling tale of Henry Ford's failed attempts to transform a Connecticut-sized chunk of Brazilian rainforest into a homespun slice of American utopia. "Fordlandia is . a genuinely readable history recounted with a novelist's sense of pace and an eye for character. It is a significant contribution [that is] grossly enjoyable."-Los Angeles Times

Author Bio

Greg Grandin is the author of The End of the Myth, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and Fordlandia, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His widely acclaimed books also include The Last Colonial Massacre, Kissinger's Shadow, and The Empire of Necessity, which won the Bancroft and Beveridge awards in American history. He is Peter V. and C. Van Woodward Professor of History at Yale University.

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