John Deere "A History of John Deere" HUGE BOOK!! Christmas Special!!  Reg. $50.00

Description: 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 the middle part of the century, long after every other manufacturer had moved on to four- and six-cylinder tractors. Yet these simple, noble machines continued to serve their market. When John Deere entered the multi-cylinder fray, it did so with the most advanced, groundbreaking machines ever built — the New Generation tractors. These tractors set the trends for all subsequent tractor development through the latter half of the 20th century.

Today John Deere stands alone as the last of the great American independent ag manufacturers. Yet it is still going strong, still setting trends, and still building the icons of the future.

John Deere is a gorgeously photographed, thoughtfully researched chronicle covering more than 150 years of Deere and Company innovation.
• John Deere is the next book in our bestselling gift book series following Corvette: Fifty Years and Mustang: Forty Years
• John Deere is the most popular brand among enthusiasts. This book coincides with the founders 200th birthday.

About the Author
Randy Leffingwell is MBI’s bestselling author and a top-flight photographer. He has written and photographed more than two dozen books on topics ranging from tractors to motorcycles and cars. Leffingwell resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Hardcover • 10-1/2” x 12” • 384 pp • 300 color, 50 b/w          0760318611

$44.00