http://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Tycoon-Henry-American-Century/...
The People's Tycoon - Henry Ford and the American Century.
He was a lot of things people didn't realize he was and wasn't a lot things people want to believe he was.
Ask HN: What are some good biographies to read?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some good biographies to read?
#62Linus's biography, Just For Fun, is not bad. I have sentimental attachments to Man Out of Time, the Tesla biography. No Man Knows My History is about Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon church. It is naturally controversial to the LDS, for its depiction of Smith as a polygamist con man who fell sideways into a religious racket and never quite fell out. I found it very readable, full of color. It might depend on your…
I forgot another all-time favorite. I must've read this one when I was about 10 and a couple of times since. Genghis Khan: Emperor of All Men, by Harold Lamb.