Edison & Ford Websites, Books & DVDs

Want to know more about Thomas Edison and Henry Ford? 

Websites

• Thomas Edison National Historical Park
• Thomas A. Edison Papers
• Edison Innovation Foundation
• Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
• The Library of Congress American Memory Project: Inventing Entertainment
• The Smithsonian Institute: Edison After 40
• The Lemelson Center: Edison Invents!
• The American Experience: Edison’s Miracle of Light
• America’s Story from America’s Library: Thomas Edison

Books

Thomas Edison:

• Edison: A Life of Invention, Paul Israel (1998)
• Edison and the Business of Innovation, A.J. Millard (1990)
• Edison: Inventing the Century, Neil Baldwin (1995)
• The Edisons of Fort Myers: Discoveries of the Heart, Tom Smoot (2004)
• The Florida Life of Thomas Edison, Michele Albion (2008)
• Growing American Rubber, Mark Finlay (2009)
• Thomas Edison and Modern America: A Brief History with Documents, Theresa Collins and Lisa Gitelman (2002)
• The Wizard of Menlo Park, Randall Stross (2007)
• Working at Inventing: Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Experience, William S. Pretzer, ed. (1989)

Especially for younger readers:

• The Electric Light: Thomas Edison’s Illuminating Invention, Liz Sonneborn (2007)
• In Their Own Words: Thomas Edison, George Sullivan (2001)
• Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison, Marfe Ferguson Delano (2002)
• Thomas Edison: A Photographic Story of a Life, Jan Adkins (2009)
• Thomas Edison for Kids: 21 Activities, Laurie Carlson (2006)
• A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Adventures of Thomas Edison, Don Brown (2010)

Henry Ford:

• Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City, Greg Grandin (2009)
• Henry Ford and the Jews, Neil Baldwin (2001)
• The People’s Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century, Steven Watts (2005)
• The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company, David Lewis (1987)
• Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, Douglas Brinkley (2003)

Especially for younger readers:

• Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford, Don Mitchell (2011)
• Henry Ford: Putting the World on Wheels, Dina El Nabli (2008)
• Model T: How Henry Ford Built a Legend, David Weitzman (2002)
• Tin Lizzie, Allan Drummond (2008)

DVDs

• A&E Biography: Henry Ford: Tin Lizzie Tycoon (1996)
• A&E Biography: Thomas Edison: Father of Invention (1995)
• The History Channel: Modern Marvels: Edison Tech (2005)
• MOMA: Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005)
• WGCU: Untold Stories: The Wizard’s Laboratory: Thomas Edison’s Quest for Rubber (2008)
• WGCU: Into the Wild: Edison, Ford and Friends (2011)

For younger viewers:

• HBO: Edison: The Wizard of Light (2002)
• Nest Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison and the Electric Light (1993)

To contact the Edison & Ford Winter Estates about research or collections call 239-334-7419 or e-mail the Curatorial Department.