The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere
Author:   Neil Dahlstrom ,  Jeremy Dahlstrom ,  David Vaught
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9780875803364


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 March 2005
Format:   Hardback
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The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere


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Author:   Neil Dahlstrom ,  Jeremy Dahlstrom ,  David Vaught
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780875803364


ISBN 10:   0875803369
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   31 March 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Young and Enterprising 2. John Deere, The Plow King 3. C.H. Deere's ""Celebrated Moline Plows"" 4. Raging Abolitionist 5. The Case of ""The Moline Plow"" 6. Supply and Demand 7. ""'Tis Purely Business"" 8. Father Deere 9. The Plow Trust 10. Sick Forever Epilogue Appendix—Time Line Notes Works Cited Index"

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<p> A most useful addition to the literature on Deere and Company, and the environment in which the business operated. -- Agricultural History Review <p> Lucidly written ... an interesting picture of John and Charles in a concise and very readable book. -- Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society <p> [An] outstanding study in business history ... particularly illuminating on the close relations that bound industry to agriculture during the pioneering period of settlement in the Midwest. It is an enthralling story. -- Indiana Magazine of History


A most useful addition to the literature on Deere and Company, and the environment in which the business operated. --Agricultural History Review Lucidly written ... an interesting picture of John and Charles in a concise and very readable book. --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society [An] outstanding study in business history ... particularly illuminating on the close relations that bound industry to agriculture during the pioneering period of settlement in the Midwest. It is an enthralling story. --Indiana Magazine of History


A most useful addition to the literature on Deere and Company, and the environment in which the business operated. --Agricultural History Review Lucidly written ... an interesting picture of John and Charles in a concise and very readable book. --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society [An] outstanding study in business history ... particularly illuminating on the close relations that bound industry to agriculture during the pioneering period of settlement in the Midwest. It is an enthralling story. --Indiana Magazine of History


Author Information

Jeremy Dahlstrom and Neil Dahlstrom, natives of ""John Deere Country"" in Moline, Illinois, tell this engaging, inspirational story of John and Charles Deere, shedding light on the two men as business partners and as a devoted father-and-son team. Historian David Vaught provides an introduction describing the role that Deere & Company played in the industrialization of American agriculture.

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