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John Deere: A History of the Tractor

John Deere: A History of the Tractor
By Randy Leffingwell

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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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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #371681 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-08-31
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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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.

Customer Reviews

Excellent photo history, great looking coffee table book5
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.

John Deere: A history of the tractor5
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!!!

Quality and shipping5
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.