In E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime, Coalhouse Walker seeks revenge for the destruction of an object produced by the company of this man, who names the calendar in Brave New World.
After this character is shown a folio copy of one of the original Rosicrucian texts, he talks about buying a novelty book called An Eastern Fakir's Eternal Wisdom for a quarter, which inspired his belief that his genius is the result of reincarnation. After declining to visit Egypt with another man, he and that man form a two-person secret society called The Pyramid. In that novel, the destruction by racist firemen of an object named for this man leads another man to hold the (*) Morgan library hostage. In one novel, this man is honored by the worship of the letter T by citizens of the World State, and Mustapha Mond is referred to by an honorary title that includes this man's name. In E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime, Coalhouse Walker seeks revenge for the destruction of an object produced by the company of this man, who names the calendar in Brave New World. For 10 points, name this namesake of an American car company.
After this character is shown a folio copy of one of the original Rosicrucian texts, he talks about buying a novelty book called An Eastern Fakir's Eternal Wisdom for a quarter, which inspired his belief that his genius is the result of reincarnation.
Henry Ford