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John Deere: A History of the Tractor [Paperback]

Randy Leffingwell (Author)
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August 31, 2006
For over 150 years, John Deere & Company has set the bar for tractor design and ingenuity. Not only is it one of the most successful companies in American history, John Deere has revolutionized agriculture throughout the world and its green and gold logo has become a symbol of quality and durability over the decades. 

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 Deere’s 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 Deere’s Plow Works experimental division from 1916 to 1952, as well as other key figures in John Deere's history through the last century.

For any fan of John Deere tractors or the history of farming in America, this officially-licensed book is a fantastic journey of an icon over 150 years in the making, now available in a quality trade paperback.



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About the Author

Award-winning writer and photographer Randy Leffingwell combines his fascination for all things mechanical with a gift for language and a photographic eye honed by his years as a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times to create fascinating and beautifully illustrated books about cars, motorcycles, and tractors. His first book with MBI Publishing Company was American Tractor, a book published in the 1980s and still one of the company’s bestselling titles to date.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 383 pages
  • Publisher: Voyageur Press; 2nd edition (August 31, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0760326770
  • ISBN-13: 978-0760326770
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.7 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,324,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photo history, great looking coffee table book, December 16, 2004
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I really enjoy this book. It looks great, it reads great, and it's chock full of good information about the tractors, but also about the business and its history.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves John Deere machinery, but also wants to know more about the company's history in the tractor business.
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5.0 out of 5 stars John Deere: A history of the tractor, September 30, 2008
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I purchased this book for my hubbys b-day. He LOVES it! We have the book about farmalls by the same author and he loves it as well. I highly reccommend this book!!!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality and shipping, September 23, 2008
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The book was more than I expected. The photos were of very high quality. The print was of excellent size. The paper and binding were of quality.
I was surprised on how fast I received the book. It was well packed and arrived in mint condition.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
company archives, wide tread, general purpose tractor, industrial tractors, tractor business, crop tractor, series tractors, tractor design, operator comfort, draft control, new tractor
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Theo Brown, John Deere, Charlie Wiman, Henry Ford, Jesse Lindeman, Willard Nordenson, Joe Dain, Henry Dreyfuss, New Generation, William Butterworth, Waterloo Boy, Deere's Model, Frank Silloway, Jim Conner, Charles Webber, United States, Bill Hewitt, International Harvester Corporation, George Mixter, World War, South Dakota, All Crop, Plow Works, All-Wheel Drive, Max Sklovsky
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