As a bit of a disclaimer: I've been reading War and Peace, and it's taking me a "while" to get through it - hence a drought in reviews. I decided that when I hit 50%, I would switch and read something else as a break.
At the end of June, my father passed away. We weren't expecting it at all, and it still hurts. He had a rebate card, and my mother gave it to me. I felt like I owed it to my dad to take the card and use it for something related to what he cared about. He loved to help his cousin farm, so I tried to hunt down something appropriate. I wanted to get Tractor Wars (also by Neil Dahlstrom), since it would cover more of the brands he loved, but the card only allowed me to get a used copy of this book.
This book takes an in depth look at a well-known brand. If you see a green tractor, it's almost certainly a John Deere. I had no idea of how large a part his son, Charles, played in making the company what it is today. The company dealt with a lot of political and society changes, and they came through while still caring for their employees. While John was more a "man of the people," his son didn't look down on them from his lofty tower. It was interesting!
While I wanted to learn more about the tractor aspect of the company, it wouldn't have made sense, since John and Charles weren't alive when the company branched out into tractors. I learned a lot, and I wasn't bored. I kind of wished there had been a couple of diagrams since I'm not super familiar with the parts of a plow. I liked the pictures that were included in the book, and it's not super long. I truly enjoyed reading about John and Charles Deere and would recommend this book to anyone interested in the origins of the company and/or the men behind it. Good Book! Love you, Dad!!!
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