Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Author: Grandin, GregBrand: Picador USAEdition: First EditionBinding: PaperbackFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 432Release Date: 27-04-2010Part Number: IllustratedDetails: About the Author 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. Product Description From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow