1915. Neutral America is debating the proper response to the war in Europe. Increasingly involved in this debate is Henry Ford. He is against war - it is bad for business. Ford knows how to make a headline, and when he declares that he will give up all he possesses to stop the build-up to war, the papers get to work. Enter the peace-activist Rosika Schwimmer, who persuades him to send a Peace Ship to Europe, set up a mediation commission and vow to "get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas". Based on one of the most extraordinary episodes of the early 20th century, this is a strikingly contemporary story of a well-intentioned king with a court that has run mad.
"1915. Neutral America is debating the proper response to the war in Europe. Increasingly involved in this debate is Henry Ford. He is against war - it is bad for business. Ford knows how to make a headline, and when he declares that he will give up all he possesses to stop the build-up to war, the papers get to work. Enter the peace-activist Rosika Schwimmer, who persuades him to send a Peace Ship to Europe, set up a mediation commission and vow to "get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas". Based on one of the most extraordinary episodes of the early 20th century, this is a strikingly contemporary story of a well-intentioned king with a court that has run mad."@en
"It is 1915 and neutral America is debating the proper response to the war in Europe. Involved in this debate is Henry Ford: inventor, industrialist, and billionaire. He is against war as it is bad for business. Told in many voices of those around Ford, this novel is based on one of the most extraordinary episodes of the early twentieth century."@en
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