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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

By Greg Grandin
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By Greg Grandin
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History
Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

“Grandin tells a gripping story of high hopes and deep failure, a saga that in some ways is a morality tale for the American century.” —The Boston Globe

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon

In 1927, Henry Ford, the r...

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