When it comes to untold, important stories, the shipping fleet of the Ford Motor Company is hard to top.

It began in the early part of this century with a contract to build Eagle Boats for this country's World War I effort. With the expansion of the Rouge facility and growing expectation of a Ford automobile in each driveway, the eventuality of the Ford Fleet became a reality.

This is the story of what was one of the most visible fleets on the Great Lakes. It is also the story of commandeering by the U. S. Government and destruction by enemy action of most of Ford's ocean fleet and a goodly portion of Ford's lake fleet during World War II.

Written in an easy style with ample photographs and illustrations from a variety of sources, including Ford archives, this book will be a welcome addition to the collection of any historian, Ford employee, past or present, or marine historian