Uncommon Friends _ Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel ad Charles Lindbergh

Newton, James

ISBN 10: 0151927537 / ISBN 13: 9780151927531

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncommon Friends _ Life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel ad Charles Lindbergh
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151927537
• ISBN 13: 9780151927531
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Cloth/mylar wrapped dust jacket Octavo.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A delightful reminiscence of the author's relationships with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh. 40 black-and-white photographs.

Reviews

Now in his 80s, real-estate developer Newton recalls with uncritical admiration five celebrated men with whom he enjoyed almost filial relationships. According to the author, they all shared the same philosophy of life, enouncing business principles in terms of moral precepts. Newton's bonds with Carrel and with the scientist's friend and partner in medical research, Lindbergh, were forged by their common interest in metaphysics. The narrative is studded with anecdotes about the nature of these men: Edison's assertion that his deafness was an asset; Ford's dictum that profit is essential to business vitality; Firestone's advocacy of Japanese-style "consensus" management; Carrel's expectation of encountering Aristotle after death; and Lindbergh's revulsion at the destruction wrought by aviation in WW II.
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