#66 Henry Kaiser: Builder in the Modern American West

In the nineteen forties, Henry J. Kaiser was a household name. As familiar then as Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are now. 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,

Healthcare and tourism. During World War two, his companies built cargo planes and liberty ships. After the war, he manufactured the Kaiser Fraser automobile. Along the way he became a major force in the development of the Western United States, including Hawaii. Henry J. Kaiser.

Building builder in the modern American West. Is the first biography of this remarkable man. Drawing on a wealth of archival material never before utilized, Mark Foster paints an even handed portrait. Of a man of driving ambition and integrity. Perhaps.

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