Fordlandia

by Greg Grandin · 2009

Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Aug 2026

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 richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon.

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