What was Henry Ford like?

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Im doing a project on Henry Ford and was wondering what his hometown was, fun facts about him, and what was his personality was like.
 
If you get a chance, read the book (or listen to the book on tape) called, "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

Mr. Hill went around the country interviewing successful businessmen in the early 20th century and later documented some of his interviews in the many books that he wrote.

There were many other automobile manufacturers already set-up in the world, but most of them saw their contraptions as "horseless buggies" and used buggy-making as the basis for their design and manufacture. Henry Ford was the first one to realize the true potential for an assembly line to make the "cars" and do away with the idea of using "craftsmen" to build them in special shops.
 
Fact: He saved Thomas Edison's dying breath in a jar; it (the jar, not the breath, which is simply air) can be seen today at the Ford Museum.

Fact: The Chicago Tribune once said he was "stupid." Ford sued for slander. The Trib called him to the stand and started asking all kinds of questions, like, "What's the capital of Uzbekistan?" When Ford didn't know, the Trib lawyer said, "See? He is stupid. Our article wasn't slanderous."

Ford rebutted, "I don't know the capital of Uzbekistan because I don't have to know it. If I want to know the capital of Uzbekistan or something, I've got ten men at my beck and call who can tell me. If they don't know, they can find out."
 
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