Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-08-29

Books mentioned on Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan

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Henry Ford tried to build a Midwestern American town in the Amazon rainforest in the 1920s. It's true.

Josh Clark discussed Fordlandia by Greg Grandin.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Fordlandia

   Greg Grandin · at 0:57

   Fordlandia by Greg Grandin chronicles the ambitious, ultimately ill-fated attempt by Henry Ford to build a rubber plantation and company town in the Amazon rainforest.

   Discussed

   “And Livia actually said we should thank a couple of people in particular that um sort of wrote the book uh well literally and figuratively on Ford Landia. Um Greg Grandon wrote a book called Ford Landia colon the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city.”

   Josh Clark Fordlandia: Brazil Isn't Michigan 2023-08-29 Listen at 0:57

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