by Jeff Guinn
Harding’s trip with, 164–68, 170, 172–81, 184, 203, 205
illnesses and deafness of, 5, 7–9, 15, 24, 47, 105, 184, 207–9, 215–16, 223, 232, 239, 247
inventions involving telegraph of, 42–43
job applicant quiz of, 161–62
and joke about Vagabonds, 150
legacy of, 250–51, 253
on literature, 127, 133
and marketing and publicity, 50, 58, 67–68, 86, 89, 109, 137, 149, 153, 171, 217, 240
Milan trip of, 200–202, 205–6
Muscle Shoals projects and, 172, 177, 189–90
New Hampshire trip of, 222–23, 236–37
Paris trip of, 5, 7–11, 208, 255n
patents of, 224
personality of, 20–21, 34, 74–75, 78, 92, 131, 185, 202, 206, 208, 218, 239, 248
physical appearance of, 5, 7–8, 28, 38, 47–48, 53–55, 78, 80, 202, 204
planning Vagabonds’ first trip and, 65–68
Plymouth Notch trip of, 231–38
politics of, 79–81, 86, 105, 186, 234–35, 237–38
popularity and fame of, 4, 10–11, 14, 17–19, 21, 35, 37–38, 41–43, 47–51, 53–56, 58, 76–78, 86, 94–96, 101, 103, 109–10, 112, 137, 140, 148, 163–64, 171, 185, 187, 189–90, 201, 206, 211, 216, 225, 228, 230–31, 235–38, 241, 250, 253
press on, 8–10, 14–15, 21, 32, 34–35, 37–39, 41–43, 47, 49–58, 62–63, 67–68, 71, 73–80, 87, 89, 95, 103, 108, 110, 112, 127, 129, 135, 151, 153–55, 161–62, 171, 174, 176, 178, 181, 184–87, 189, 201–3, 205–6, 208–9, 214–16, 223–24, 235–38, 240, 247, 252–53, 260n
radio and, 217–18
rubber and, 48–49, 128, 130, 140, 161, 165, 172, 195–96, 201, 224, 241–42, 245
Sacramento trip of, 40–41
San Diego trip of, 41, 49–58, 79
San Francisco trip of, 37–43, 47–49, 54, 58
sense of humor of, 176, 202
Southern trip of, 88–97, 100–101, 103, 105–11
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
tobacco and, 31–32, 68, 109, 174
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 163, 207–9, 211, 213–16, 223, 255n
Vagabonds’ origins and, 4, 57–58
Vermont trip of, 133–34
vote recorder invention of, 77
Wayside Inn trip of, 223–24, 228–29
wife’s relationship with, 150–51
World War I and, 43, 46, 61–63, 73, 79, 82–83, 85–86, 89–90, 92, 108, 112, 118, 128, 131, 147, 232
Yama Farms trip of, 152–55
Edison Botanic Research Corporation, 241–42
Edison Company, 129, 150
finances of, 140–41, 151
Ford’s newspaper and, 141–42
Edison Illuminating Company, 211
Edison Institute, 247, 251
Thomas Edison National Historical Park, 248, 250
Edison Phonograph Company, 217
Eighteenth Amendment, 198
electric truck project, 160, 194–95
Electric Vehicle Company, 119–20
Emde, Carl, 112–13
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 22
Evangeline (Longfellow), 127
Evans, Oliver, 93
Everglades, 16
dangers in, 25–26, 28–31, 257n
Deep Lake in, 25–26, 28, 257n
roads and trails in, 27, 259n
storms in, 29–30
Vagabonds’ trip to, 14, 23–32, 37, 57, 135, 147, 164, 248, 257n–59n
Farm Journal Illustrated Directory of Mecosta County, The, 5
Firestone, Harvey, 86, 133, 147–50, 269n
Adirondacks trip of, 69–76, 80, 126–28, 130–31
antisemitism and, 131–32
awards and honors of, 253
Burroughs’s relationship with, 80, 99, 156, 248
comparisons between Ford and, 97–99
death of, 248–50
on Edison’s business judgment, 130
Edison’s relationship with, 75, 99, 130, 160–61, 202, 217–19, 242, 248–50
and end of Vagabonds’ road trips, 239–41, 245–46
finances of, 58, 97–98, 110, 130, 139–40, 144, 148–49, 160–61, 182, 187, 217, 242
Ford’s museum and, 246
Ford’s presidential ambitions and, 199, 202, 211
Ford’s relationship with, 4, 42, 97–99, 160–62, 199, 205, 217
Harding’s death and, 204–5
Harding’s trip with, 164–67, 170, 172–80, 205
legacy of, 250–51, 253
Milan trip of, 201–2, 205
New Hampshire trip of, 222–23, 236–37
personality of, 74, 111
physical appearance of, 5, 75, 204
planning Vagabonds’ first trip and, 65–68
Plymouth Notch trip of, 229, 231, 233–37
politics of, 234–35, 237–38
popularity and fame of, 5, 58, 76, 95–97, 101, 131, 137, 148, 163–64, 187, 211, 228, 235–38, 241, 250, 253, 263n
press on, 52–53, 73–75, 99, 154–55, 173, 175, 178–79, 181, 186–87, 201–2, 205, 235–37, 240, 253
radio and, 217–18
rubber and, 241–42, 245
San Diego trip of, 48, 51–54, 57
San Francisco trip of, 42, 48
Southern trip of, 90, 92–93, 95–97, 99–102, 106–11
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 163, 207–9, 211, 213–14, 216
Vagabonds role of, 99, 111, 170, 200, 248
Wayside Inn trip of, 228–29
World War I and, 92, 107, 147
Yama Farms trip of, 152–55
Firestone, Harvey, Jr., 74, 96–97, 99–100, 108, 110–11
Firestone, Idabelle, 204–9
Harding’s death and, 204–5
Harding’s trip with, 164, 170, 172–73, 175, 181–82
Milan trip of, 201, 206
New Hampshire trip of, 222, 231, 236–37
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 207–9, 214
Wayside Inn trip of, 228
Yama Farms trip of, 152–54, 163
Firestone, Russell, 208, 237
Plymouth Notch trip and, 229–31, 233
Firestone Tires, 97–99, 130, 242, 250
finances of, 139–40, 144, 148–49, 161
start of, 97–98
First United States Cavalry, 54–55
Fisher, Carl, 87
flu pandemic, 115
Forbes, Charles, 199
Ford (Lacey), 190
Ford, Clara, 156, 204–9, 231–32, 246
Bisbee visited by, 7–10, 208
Edison’s wife’s relationship with, 21, 32
Everglades trip of, 26–31, 57
Fort Myers trip of, 18
Harding’s death and, 204–5
Harding’s trip with, 170, 172–73, 175, 181–82
husband’s death and, 250
husband’s presidential ambitions and, 212, 214–15, 219
husband’s relationship with, 132, 211–12
Milan trip of, 201–2
Muscle Shoals projects and, 219
New Hampshire trip of, 222–23, 231, 236–37
San Francisco trip of, 40, 42
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 207–9, 212–15
Wayside Inn trip of, 228
World War I and, 61
Yama Farms trip of, 152–54, 163
Ford, Edsel, 18, 113, 191, 226, 237, 242, 249
Everglades trip of, 25, 27–29
Vagabonds’ Adirondacks trip and, 73, 76
Ford, Henry:
ALAM and, 119–20
alcohol and, 176, 192, 198, 219
antisemitism of, 131–32, 143–44, 147, 159–60, 183, 193–94, 198, 221–24, 243–44, 249
apology of, 244–45
auto batteries and, 20–21, 93
autobiography o
f, 194
automobiles repaired by, 95–96, 101, 109–10
awards and honors of, 39–40, 43, 72, 109, 228, 249, 253
on books and reading, 221–22
Burbank’s meeting with, 48–49
Burroughs’s relationship with, 21–23, 61–62, 71–72, 91–92, 124, 130–31, 148, 156
comparisons between Edison and, 4, 20–21, 50, 77, 86, 97, 135, 145, 148, 151
comparisons between Firestone and, 97–99
Couzens’s relationship with, 45–47
criticisms of, 60–62, 64–65, 76, 79, 105, 112, 118, 123–26, 130, 187, 189, 198, 248
dancing of, 8, 10, 176
death of, 250–51
on Edison’s business judgment, 129–30
Edison’s death and, 248–49
Edison’s factory fire and, 33
Edison’s relationship with, 4, 18–21, 31–35, 37, 39–42, 59, 61–63, 66, 68, 80, 82, 89, 92, 97, 100, 105, 118, 121–22, 124, 129, 131, 160, 167, 184, 199, 223, 246–50
Edison’s wife’s relationship with, 151–52
education of, 125, 132, 221
electric truck project and, 160, 194–95
employment philosophy of, 192–93
and end of Vagabonds’ road trips, 239–41, 245–46
Everglades trip of, 23–32, 37, 57, 135, 257n
finances of, 8, 23, 32–33, 47, 56, 58–59, 62, 81, 91–93, 98–99, 101, 104, 110, 113–14, 123, 134, 139–42, 144–45, 147–49, 160–61, 169, 187, 189–90, 193, 222, 242, 244, 260n
Firestone’s relationship with, 4, 42, 97–99, 160–62, 199, 205, 217
Fort Myers trip of, 12–14, 17–18, 20–21, 23–25, 31, 62
Harding’s death and, 204–6, 209–10
Harding’s trip with, 164–65, 168–70, 172–81, 184, 205, 209–10
illnesses of, 61, 123, 223, 249–50
innovations and energy of, 3, 12–13, 18–21, 33–34
and joke about Vagabonds, 149–50
on labor unions, 183, 193, 223, 248–49
lawsuits of, 65, 76, 113, 118–26, 130, 134, 144, 186, 223, 243–44
legacy of, 250–51, 253
and marketing and publicity, 45, 58, 60, 67, 88, 111, 125, 137, 149, 153, 171, 190, 226, 240
Milan trip of, 201–2, 205–6
Muscle Shoals projects and, 169, 172, 177, 183–84, 189–90, 199, 219, 224–25, 229, 235, 238, 269n
museum of, 193, 246–47, 251
new auto models and, 242–43
New Hampshire trip of, 222–23, 236–37
newspaper of, 114, 121–22, 140–44, 147, 159, 168, 183, 192–93, 224, 243–44, 246
ornithological interests of, 22–23, 91, 100
Paris trips of, 3–11, 208, 252, 255n
personality of, 21–22, 34, 43–45, 47, 59, 99–100, 113–14, 120–21, 123, 131, 141, 185, 189, 193, 212, 215, 225–27, 244, 246, 249
physical appearance of, 3, 5, 53, 63, 74, 123, 153–54, 156, 204
planning Vagabonds’ first trip and, 65–68, 72
Plymouth Notch trip of, 231–38
politics of, 3, 46, 63–64, 81, 103–8, 112–14, 127, 168, 177, 186–87, 190–91, 193–94, 199, 204, 209–10, 223, 227, 234–38
popularity and fame of, 3–4, 6, 8, 10, 12–14, 18–19, 21, 35, 42–44, 48, 53, 55–58, 62, 76–77, 94–96, 100–101, 103, 112, 120, 124–25, 137, 141, 144, 148, 163–64, 171, 185, 187, 198–200, 206, 210, 212, 225, 228, 233, 235–38, 241, 253
presidential ambitions of, 190–91, 198–200, 202–4, 206, 209–15, 219, 223–24, 250–51, 272n
press on, 10, 21, 23, 32, 34–35, 37, 42–43, 45–47, 52–53, 55–58, 60–65, 67–68, 71–73, 75–77, 79–80, 87–89, 100–106, 108–14, 118–19, 121–22, 124–27, 133–35, 144, 151, 153–55, 168, 171, 175, 177–78, 181, 183–87, 189–90, 192, 198–99, 201–3, 205–6, 209–10, 213–16, 232–33, 235–37, 240, 243, 253, 260n
rubber and, 201, 241–42, 245
San Diego trip of, 41, 49, 51–58, 64
San Francisco trip of, 39–43, 47–49, 54, 56, 58
sense of humor of, 130
son’s death and, 249
Southern trip of, 88–97, 99–101, 103–11
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
tobacco and, 31–32, 37, 109, 228
Upper Michigan Peninsula properties of, 5–6, 148, 163, 207, 209, 213, 215–16
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 163, 207–16, 223, 255n
U.S.–Mexican tensions and, 64–65
Vagabonds’ Adirondacks trip and, 72–76, 78–80, 125–26, 130–31, 135
Vagabonds’ origins and, 57–58
Vermont trip of, 125, 133–35
violin collection of, 8
Wayside Inn trip of, 227–29, 240
wife’s relationship with, 132, 211–12
wildfire extinguished by, 9
wood- and tree-chopping contests of, 154, 175
World War I and, 45–47, 49, 55–57, 59–65, 73, 76–77, 79, 81–82, 89, 92, 94, 107, 109, 112, 114, 118, 124, 132, 147, 176, 187, 212, 249
yacht of, 164, 207–9, 216, 236–37
Yama Farms trip of, 152–55
Ford Motor Company, 34, 67, 190–95, 212, 226–27, 246
ALAM and, 119–20
antisemitism and, 143, 147
electric truck project and, 194–95
employment philosophy of, 192–93
finances of, 113–14, 144–45, 147–49, 160
Ford’s presidential ambitions and, 191
new auto models and, 242–43
Panama-Pacific Exposition and, 39, 47–48
press on, 45, 118, 249
speed limits and, 52
U.S.–Mexican war and, 64–65, 118
violence at, 248–49
women employed by, 59
workers’ incomes at, 13, 44–45, 59, 64, 76, 99, 125, 144, 192–93
World War I and, 46, 81, 109, 112, 114
Ford Times, 46
Fort Myers, Fla., 249
Edison’s trips to, 11–12, 14–17, 20–21, 23–25, 31, 62–63, 241–42
electrification of, 15–16
palm tree planting in, 16–17
railroad in, 11, 13–14, 16–17, 31
Vagabonds’ trips to, 11–18, 20–21, 23–28, 31, 62–63, 259n
Fortune, 196
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, 216
Fourteen Points, 103
France, 115–16, 138, 176
Franklin, Leo, 143–44
Fry, Macon and Joseph, 185
Fullam, William F., 43, 47–48
gas, gas stations, 179, 196
for automobiles, 2–3, 18, 20, 69, 93–94, 100, 102, 119–20, 126, 147
Ford’s automotive ambitions and, 18, 20
in Paris, 2–3, 5–6, 10
prices of, 2–3, 69, 94, 102
Vagabonds’ Southern trip and, 93–94
General Electric (GE), 129
General Motors, 192, 226
Germany, 102, 138
World War I and, 46, 56, 61, 81–82, 86, 89, 92, 103, 107, 109, 112, 176
Gettysburg, Battle of, 88
Gilliland, Ezra T., 14–15
Gould, Jay, 131
Grand Trunk Herald, 67
Great Britain, 46, 81, 139, 147
Great Depression, 218, 242
Great Migration, 116
Great Train Robbery, The, 50, 129
Greenfield Village, 246–47, 249–51
Greensburg, Pa., 92–95
Grove Park Inn, 106–8
gypsying, 2–3, 29, 58, 69, 202
Harding, Florence Kling, 204, 231
illness of, 172–73, 176–77, 181
planned Vagabonds’ trip with, 164–66, 170–73, 176–77, 180–82
Harding, Warren G., 156–57
death of, 4, 200, 202–6, 209–10, 214, 251, 271n
failings of, 171, 186, 199–200, 203, 234, 267n
Muscle Shoals projects and, 169, 172, 177, 190
physical appearanc
e of, 176, 203–4
press on, 168, 171–81, 186, 202–3, 205–6, 209–10, 214, 230
Vagabonds’ trip with, 4, 162, 164–82, 184, 200, 203–5, 209–10, 240, 267n
Harrison, Harry A., 159
Hartford Courant, 60
Hayes, Rutherford B., 77
Henline, Flora Ward, 156
Henry Ford and the Jews (Baldwin), 219
Hibble, Les, 25, 27, 29–30
Hitler, Adolf, 249
Holmes, George R., 126–27, 131, 133
Hoover, Herbert, 247
House of Representatives, U.S., 171
see also Congress, U.S.
Houston Chronicle, 225
Hughes, Charles Evans, 63–64, 81
Hugo, Victor, 127
Hurley, Edward N., 89–90, 92–93
In Nature’s Laboratory (Burroughs and Firestone), 80
International Congress of Women, 59
International Jew, The, 159, 266n
International News Service (INS), 126, 131, 133
Ironwood Daily Globe, 216
Jews:
antisemitism and, 131–33, 143–44, 147, 159–60, 183, 193–94, 198, 221–24, 243–44, 249, 266n
Ford’s apology to, 244–45
Ford’s newspaper and, 143–44, 147, 159, 183, 193, 224, 243–44
World War I and, 131–32
Johnson, A. E., 140
Johnson, Hiram, 210
Kansas City Star, 134
Kansas City Times, 126
KDKA, 218
Kingsford, Edward, 6–7, 9, 209, 216
Kingston Daily Freeman, 75
Krup, Bessie, 26, 30
Ku Klux Klan (KKK), 198, 204, 230
labor unions:
Ford on, 183, 193, 223, 248–49
strikes of, 116, 133, 145, 183
Lacey, Robert, 190
La Follette, Robert M., 234
Lake Michigan, 2, 164, 208, 211, 255n
League of Nations, 117, 133, 157, 168, 179
Lewis, David L., 122, 141
Licking Creek, 166–67, 172–81, 184
Liebold, Ernest, 63, 73, 76, 82–83, 118–19, 125, 132, 142, 148, 152, 201
Lincoln Highway, 86–87
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 127, 221
Los Angeles, Calif., 49–53, 57, 164
Los Angeles Times, 50, 52–53
Lovett, Benjamin, 228
Lucking, Alfred, 123–24
Lumholtz, Carl, 153–54
Lusitania, HMS, 46
”Martial Adventures of Henry and Me, The” (White), 175
Maryland, 99, 109, 111, 166, 170, 173, 180, 182–85, 203, 231
Mattoon Journal-Gazette, 216
Meadowcroft, W. H., 82–83, 118, 142, 148, 152, 245
and Vagabonds’ trip with Harding, 165–67
Mein Kampf (Hitler), 249
Men and Rubber (Firestone), 98, 233, 239–41, 269n
Mexico, 32, 64–65, 81, 118, 122, 205
