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 | Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City (1st Edition) by Greg Grandin Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-312-42962-2 / 0312429622 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42962-1 / 9780312429621 The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the AmazonIn 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapid | |