John Deere: A History of the Tractor

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Author: Randy Leffingwell

ISBN-10: 0760326770

ISBN-13: 9780760326770

Category: Agricultural Industries - History

No tractor has achieved a more iconic status than John Deere. It's simple, two-cylinder tractors proved just the reliable, dependable tool the early 20th century American farmer needed to take the great leap from farming with animals to mechanized farming. Although a late comer to the motorized farming industry, today John Deere's two-cylinder tractors are the most sought after collector tractors in the world. Always a conservative company, John Deere stuck with its two-cylinder tractors into...

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Acclaimed author and photographer Randy Leffingwell uses his unique brand of storytelling to chronicle this amazing company and the machines that have carried its distinctive green and yellow livery. With details gathered from exclusive interviews and access to John Deeres company archives, Leffingwell searched out collectors with restored tractors, or those in superb original condition, to illustrate his text with over 300 beautiful color photographs. Also throughout the book are a number of archival photographs and exclusive never-before-seen drawings and writings from the journals of Theo Brown, head of Deeres Plow Works experimental division from 1916 to 1952, as well as other key figures in John Deeres history through the last century. For any fan of John Deere tractors or the history of farming in America, this officially-licensed coffee-table book is a fantastic journey of an icon over 150 years in the making.