In 2003, Banham was asked to write the official 100-year history of Ford Motor Company. He obtained vital access to Ford family artifacts and company archives, culminating in The Ford Century. The book received favorable reviews in the New York Times and other publications. "A tale that churns through every decade of the 20th century makes for a rich pictorial bath, all the more so since somebody got at Ford's inner archives and has made imaginative use of them." New York Times Book Review - Bruce McCall (12/08/2002). The book recently was selected as one of the five best books ever written about Detroit. More than 750,000 copies of the book are in print around the world.
Banham also is the author of Wanderlust, which profiles his journey in an Airstream travel trailer to meet and interview so-called Airstreamers at rallies and conventions. The book also evaluates the design impact of the Silver Bullet trailer and its historical relevance.
His newest book is The Fight for Fairfax, a post-World War II political and economic history of Fairfax County, Virginia, published by George Mason University Press.
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