But for pretty much everyone else, it was a green hell of riot and blight. Author Greg Grandin tells the story in his new book, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City .

The entire plan for Fordlandia began as a conversation with Harvey Firestone, the founder of the Firestone tire brand, in 1927. Both industrialists were staring down a potential European rubber ...

These situations resulted in building and equipment damage, knife fights, and even riots. At one point, Fordlandia leadership had to flee by ship from angry locals, seeking help from the Brazilian ...

These situations resulted in building and equipment damage, knife fights, and even riots. At one point, Fordlandia leadership had to flee by ship from angry locals, seeking help from the Brazilian ...

Fordlândia, the Midwestern city that the pioneering automaker built in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon, has fallen into ruin.

EXCLUSIVE: Henry Ford’s failed industrial town in the Amazon rainforest is the backdrop of a supernatural Brazilian TV drama. Casting is at early stages, with at least one high-profile U.S ...

But Fordlandia’s sleek, modern hospital has since been destroyed. A 2012 fire destroyed much of its furniture, and in the aftermath, plunderers made away with materials containing lead and ...

Argentina ‘s Pampa Films and Lungo Films are teaming up with U.S.-based Bravura Media to produce a series based on the novel “Fordlandia, a Dark Paradise” by Argentine scribe, Eduardo Sguiglia.

But for pretty much everyone else, it was a green hell of riot and blight. Author Greg Grandin tells the story in his new book, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City.

L-R: Water tower at Fordlandia in the Amazon Rainforest, Guto Colunga, Rogerio Gomes, Paula Richards Joel Auerbach/Getty Images; Courtesy Guto Colunga (Colunga & Richards) Lars Niki/Corbis via ...