The story of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, focusing on their friendship and inventions. -- Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas's glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success.

Iconographic. Title from title frame. Based on the book "The Inventor's Secret" by Suzanne Slade. "Read-a-long"--Container.