A biography of the American inventor and industrialist who is best known for making the automobile practical, through both his revolutionary assembly lines and his desire to make a car every working man could afford.
Provides a portrait of the industrialist and first person to mass produce the automobile, with twenty-one hands-on activities that teach readers about the industrial era.
"In 1974, Victor Wouk developed a prototype for the hybrid car that would, nearly 30 years later, become the most credible -- and commercially successful -- alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles."--P. [4] of cover.