"Fordlandia," by Greg Grandin
Everett Public Library Podcasts
English - September 10, 2019 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Lone Reader takes aim at Henry Ford's incredible and futile effort to farm rubber trees and bring Midwestern small-town life to the Amazon jungle. A story of technological hubris and cultural arrogance, it's "Fordlandia," by Greg Grandin.
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