Henry J Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West

by Mark Foster

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In the 1940s Henry J. Kaiser was a household name, as familiar then as Lee Iacocca and Donald Trump are now. Like a Horatio Alger hero, Kaiser rose from lower-middle-class origins to become an enormously wealthy entrepreneur, building roads, bridges, dams, and housing. He established giant businesses in cement, aluminum, chemicals, steel, health care, and tourism. During World War II, his companies built cargo planes and Liberty ships. After the war, he manufactured the Kaiser-Frazer automobiles. Along the way, he also became a major force in the development of the western United States, including Hawaii. Henry J. Kaiser: Builder...Read more
  • ISBN10 0292730454
  • ISBN13 9780292730458
  • Publish Date 1 January 1989
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 13 July 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Texas Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 406
  • Language English