Sarah T. Bushnell

American biographer · author of The Truth About Henry Ford (Reilly & Lee, 1922)

Sarah Terrill Bushnell wrote The Truth About Henry Ford, published in Chicago by Reilly & Lee in 1922 — an admiring, access-driven biography written while Ford was at the height of his fame. Her book is the only known source for this quotation. Quote Investigator suggests Rackham likely told her the anecdote himself; she recorded the banker’s speech in full but never gave his name, and no one since has documented who he was.

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“The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty — a fad”

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