by Jeff Guinn
Milan, Ohio, 200–202, 205–6
Miller, Christine, 47
Misérables, Les (Hugo), 127
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, 53
Model As, 243–46
Model Ts, 18–20, 50, 76, 113–14, 238
alternatives to, 226–27
antisemitism and, 143–44, 193
cross-country trip of, 227
electric starters for, 32, 178
Ford’s lawsuits and, 120, 125
Ford’s political ambitions and, 194
gas mileage of, 94
Lincoln Highway and, 87
new auto models and, 242–43
Panama-Pacific Exposition and, 39, 47–48
physical appearance of, 12–13, 53
planning Vagabonds’ first trip and, 68
popularity and success of, 20, 22, 33, 44–45, 53, 114, 120, 139–41, 144–46, 160, 191–92, 194, 225–27, 242–43, 251
prices of, 3, 12–13, 67, 98, 120, 125, 144, 169, 187, 191, 225–26, 243
promised and given to Bisbee, 9–10, 252
steering wheel placement in, 12
tires and, 13, 98, 139, 248
Vagabonds’ Everglades trip and, 24–25
Vagabonds’ Fort Myers trip and, 18
Vagabonds’ Paris trip and, 3–4
Vagabonds’ Southern trip and, 89, 96, 108, 110
and Vagabonds’ trip with Harding, 175–76, 178
Montague, Charlie, 2–3, 6, 10
Muscle Shoals projects:
Ford and, 169, 172, 177, 183–84, 189–90, 199, 219, 224–25, 229, 235, 238, 269n
press on, 184–85, 189–90
My Life and Work (Ford and Crowther), 194
Nation, The, 124
Naval Advisory Board, 82, 85, 90, 92, 111, 128
Navy, U.S., 43, 46–47, 165
and Vagabonds’ trip with Harding, 166–67
World War I and, 82, 85–86, 90, 92, 112, 128, 131
Newberry, Truman H., 107–8, 112–13
Newcomb, Ethel, 153
New Hampshire, 222–24, 231, 235–37, 239
Newton, James, 249
New York Graphic, 77
New York Times, 21, 23, 68, 80, 105, 121, 134–35, 253
autocamping and, 146–47
Edison’s illness and, 215–16
Edison’s job applicant quiz and, 161–62
Edison’s tobacco claims and, 32
Ford’s lawsuit and, 124
Ford’s nonautomotive businesses and, 192
Ford’s presidential ambitions and, 215
Harding’s death and, 205–6
Muscle Shoals projects and, 189–90
Vagabonds’ Adirondacks trip and, 71–72, 126
and Vagabonds’ trip with Harding, 178
Vagabonds’ Yama Farms trip and, 153
New York Tribune, 60
Norris, George W., 189, 199, 224–25
North Carolina, 58, 88, 101–2, 106–10
Oakland, Md., 99–100, 183–84
Oakland Tribune, 53, 181, 253
O’Neill, Joseph J., 142
Oregon Daily Journal, 135
Panama-California Exposition, 40–41, 49, 53–57, 59, 64
Panama-Pacific Exposition, 37–40, 42–43, 47–48, 54–55, 59, 87, 124
Paris, Mich., 1–11
railroad in, 1–2
roads in, 2–3
Vagabonds’ trips to, 3–11, 208, 251–52, 255n
Vagabonds’ visits with Bisbee in, 5–11, 208, 251, 255n
weather in, 1, 3, 5, 10
Peace Ship, 60–62, 76–77, 79, 94, 132, 212
Pershing, John J., 205
Philadelphia Inquirer, 181, 205
Pittsburgh, Pa., 89–92, 94, 111, 180, 186, 217–18
Plymouth Notch, Vt.:
cheese factory in, 233
Vagabonds’ trip to, 228–38, 240
Portsmouth Herald, 236
Prohibition, 81, 198, 219
Protocols of the Elders of Zion, The, 132, 143
Public Image of Henry Ford, The (Lewis), 122
Quadricycle, 18
race riots, 116
Rand-McNally, 196
”Refreshing Trio, The,” 253
Rolph, James, 42
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 156–57, 218–19, 238
Roosevelt, Theodore, 23, 38, 48, 63, 79, 156, 225
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., 203
Rose, Billy, 244
Rural Electrification Act, 238
Russell, Francis, 203
Russian Revolution, 116
Sacramento, Calif., 40–41
San Diego, Calif.:
speed limits in, 52
Vagabonds’ trip to, 40–41, 48–58, 64, 79, 164
San Diego Union, 54
San Francisco, Calif., 86, 88, 202, 227
earthquake recovery of, 38, 54
Panama-Pacific Exposition in, 37–39, 42–43, 47–48, 54–55
Vagabonds’ trip to, 37–43, 47–49, 54, 56, 58, 260n
San Francisco Chronicle, 47
San Jose Mercury Herald, 49, 124
Santa Rosa, Calif., 41–42, 48–49, 128
Sapiro, Aaron, 243–45
Schwimmer, Rosika, 59–61, 132
Selden, George B., 119–20
Senate, U.S., 171, 210, 234
Forbes investigation and, 199
Ford’s campaign for, 103–8, 112–13, 168, 187, 223
Muscle Shoals projects and, 189, 199, 224–25, 229
Versailles Treaty and, 117
see also Congress, U.S.
Shadow of Blooming Grove, The (Russell), 203
Shakespeare, William, 127
Sialia, 164, 207–9, 216, 236–37
Sickesz, Jan, 153
Sines, Link and Hank, 183
Slabsides, 155
Slater Industrial School, 109
Slemp, Bascom, 229–30
Sloan, Alfred, 226
Smith, G. C., 141–42
Smith, Jesse, 199
Sorensen, Charles E., 89
South, 87–97, 198
disdain for, 88, 90, 102, 263n
Ford’s lawsuit and, 124
Muscle Shoals projects and, 184
racism and, 116
roads and, 88–89, 92–93, 95–96, 101–2, 107, 109–10
Vagabonds’ trip to, 88–97, 99–111
Star, The, 168
Stevenson, Elliott K., 122–24
Stross, Randall, 77–78
Sunday, Billy, 60–61
Swallow Falls, 182–83
Taft, William Howard, 48, 63
Tales of a Wayside Inn (Longfellow), 221
Teapot Dome scandal, 203
Tennessee, Tennessee Valley, 88, 90, 101–7, 225, 235
Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 238
terrorist attacks, 116–17
There to Breathe the Beauty (Brauer), 134, 255n, 263n–64n
Thompson, Sam, 25, 27, 29–30
Thoreau, Henry David, 22
toll roads, 101–2, 111
Towles, W. H., 16–17
Turck, F. B., 153
Twain, Mark, 138–39, 247
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 50, 129
Under the Maples (Burroughs), 111
Uniontown, Pa., 96–97, 99, 185
United Press, 171–72, 185, 214–15
Upper Michigan Peninsula, 2
Ford’s properties in, 5–6, 148, 163, 207, 209, 213, 215–16
Vagabonds’ trip to, 4, 163–64, 200, 207–16, 223, 255n, 271n
Vagabonds:
Adirondacks trip of, 66, 68–76, 78–81, 125–28, 130–31, 135
awards and honors of, 253
Bisbee’s visits with, 5–11, 208, 251–53, 255n
end of trips of, 239–41, 245–46, 253
Everglades trip of, 14, 23–32, 37, 57, 135, 147, 164, 248, 257n–59n
finances of, 99, 138–40
Firestone’s role in, 99, 111, 170, 200, 248
Ford
’s presidential ambitions and, 199
Fort Myers trips of, 11–18, 20–21, 23–28, 31, 62–63, 259n
goals and motives of, 4–5, 58, 137, 162–63
Harding’s death and, 4, 204–5
Harding’s trip with, 4, 162, 164–82, 184, 200, 203–5, 209–10, 240, 267n
joke about, 149–50
legacy of, 250–51, 253
Licking Creek trip of, 166–67, 172–81
Lincoln Highway and, 87
Maryland trips of, 99, 109, 111, 166, 170, 173, 180, 182–85, 203, 231
members of, 4
Milan trip of, 200–202, 205–6
New Hampshire trip of, 222–24, 231, 235–37, 239
origins of, 4, 57–58
Paris trips of, 3–11, 208, 251–52, 255n
planning first trip of, 65–68, 72
Plymouth Notch trip of, 228–38, 240
popularity and fame of, 94–96, 100–101, 105, 110, 131, 148, 163–64, 263n
press on, 4, 9–10, 67–68, 70–76, 78–80, 83, 86, 88–91, 93, 95, 99–101, 103–5, 111–12, 125–27, 131, 133–34, 149, 151–55, 164, 170–81, 184–86, 200–202, 205, 207–9, 211, 227–29, 231–36, 238, 240, 253, 255n, 257n
and proliferation of automobiles, 162–63
publicity for, 53, 67–68, 76, 100, 111, 125, 137, 149, 153–54, 172, 181, 227–29, 240, 248
San Diego trip of, 40–41, 48–58, 64, 79, 164
San Francisco trip of, 37–43, 47–49, 54, 56, 58, 260n
Southern trip of, 88–97, 99–111
Swallow Falls trip of, 182–83
Upper Michigan Peninsula trip of, 4, 163–64, 200, 207–16, 223, 255n, 271n
Vermont trips of, 66, 125, 133–35, 228–38, 240
Virginia trips of, 101, 109–10, 245
Wayside Inn trip of, 223–24, 226–29, 240
West Virginia trips of, 96, 100–101, 164–65, 180, 183, 185
World War I and, 82–83, 89, 92
Yama Farms trip of, 152–55, 163
Vermont, 66, 125, 130, 133–35, 228–38, 240
Versailles, Treaty of, 117
Veterans Bureau, U.S., 199
Virginia, 88, 101, 109–10, 245
Wall Street Journal, 206
Washington Evening Star, 196
Washington Post, 230
Wayside Inn, 221–24, 246
restoration of, 221–22, 224, 227–28, 232
Vagabonds’ trip to, 223–24, 226–29, 240
West Virginia, 88, 234
Vagabonds’ trips to, 96, 100–101, 164–65, 180, 183, 185
White, William Allen, 175
Whitman, Walt, 71
Wik, Reynold M., 125
Wilson, Woodrow, 46, 49, 60, 63–64, 78–79, 81, 86, 103–4, 115–17, 156–57, 169, 171, 238
Wizard of Menlo Park, The (Stross), 77–78
women:
Ford employment of, 59
voting rights of, 59, 116, 132
World War I and, 89–90
World War I, 38, 114–16, 161, 169
Burroughs and, 61–62, 92
economics after, 137–39
Edison and, 43, 46, 61–63, 73, 79, 82–83, 85–86, 89–90, 92, 108, 112, 118, 128, 131, 147, 232
end of, 111–12, 114–15, 118, 137
Firestone and, 92, 107, 147
Ford 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
outbreak of, 34–35, 114
Peace Ship mission and, 60–62, 76–77, 79, 94, 132, 212
press on, 34, 45–46, 56–57, 60–63, 76, 79, 108–9
U.S. entry into, 43, 81–82, 103, 115
women and, 89–90
World War II, 242, 249
Yama Farms, 149, 152–55, 163
Yellowstone National Park, 11, 23, 25, 245
Young Israel, 159
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Title: The vagabonds : the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s ten-year road trip / Jeff Guinn.
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