Table of Contents

• Foreword by William H. Goetzmann
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Roots
• 2. Launching a Career
• 3. Taming the Wilderness-Roads
• 4. Taming the Wilderness-Dams
• 5. Patriot in Pinstripes-Shipbuilding
• 6. Man of Steel
• 7. Creating an Image
• 8. Planning for a Postwar World
• 9. Debacle in Detroit
• 10. Venturing Abroad
• 11. Cargo Planes and Government Investigations
• 12. Light Metals-Heavy Profits
• 13. Kaiser and the Doctors
• 14. Boss
• 15. Global Development and a Pacific Paradise
• 16. The Sunset Years
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliographic Note
• Index

About the Author

Mark S. Foster (1939-2016) was Professor of History at the University of Colorado at Denver.