@article{1388200, note = {Includes index.}, author = {Newton, James D.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1388200}, title = {Uncommon friends : life with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh /}, publisher = {Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,}, abstract = {James Newton is an extraordinary man who formed friendships with several men who helped shape the 20th century. His associations found him a witness to the unveiling of Ford's new V-8 engine; discussing humanity with the father of modern surgery, Alexis Carrel; and in prewar France with the Lindbergh family. Illustrated.}, recid = {1388200}, pages = {xiii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :}, address = {San Diego, Calif. :}, year = {1987}, }