The Steam Tractor Encyclopedia: Glory Days of the Invention that Changed Farming Forever | 
 enlarge | Authors: John F. Spalding, Dr. Robert T. Rhode
Publisher: Voyageur Press
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0760334730
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2252
EAN: 9780760334737
ASIN: 0760334730
Publication Date: November 21, 2008
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This book tells the story of the amazing transformation of farming brought about by the gigantic steam tractors that hauled agriculture into the modern era. Here is the first-ever thorough history of the steamers packed with more than 400 super-rare photographs and brochures that have taken years to collect. Before the advent of lightweight gasoline engines, steam tractors were met with awe. Even today, at threshing bees, county fairs, and tractor shows, these remarkable machines command great respect. This book gives readers and tractor fans a chance to linger over every detail of these marvelous--and now, all too rare--machines. Richly illustrated and meticulously detailed, each entry brings to the fore a steam tractor that in its day transformed the business of farming acre by acre and day by day.
Book Description
This book tells the story of the amazing transformation of farming brought about by the gigantic steam tractors that hauled agriculture into the modern era. Here is the first-ever thorough history of the steamers packed with more than 400 super-rare photographs and brochures that have taken years to collect.
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Fantastic Human History December 9, 2008
Steam Tractor Encyclopedia
The Glory days of the invention that changed farming forever
John F Spalding & Dr. Robert T Rhode
ISBN 978-0-7603-3473-7
No such thing as another lethargic account of endless facts and figures, this book exudes life itself. From the countless time period photographs to the well written and researched histories of the men and the factories that spit out these smoke belching behemoths you will lose yourself in the drama that unfolds page by page. Starting in the years preceding the great Civil War visionary business men toiled along side the common laborer to smelt the iron and shape it into useful and needed farm machines. Enduring shortages of material, financial woes, fire, drought, and floods they labored on and by success and failure made the mechanization of agriculture what we know today. Men like William Heilman, A. B. Farquhar, Oliver S. Kelly, and more are highlighted, interspersed with pictures that will take you back and lead you by the hand down dusty lanes, past threshing crews, sawmills, and heavy haulage where steam was king. Catch a glimpse of burly men and barefoot boys, bustled women and carefree girls, for after all, it is the people that make our lives large and meaningful. It's not so much about the machines and the collecting of the same but the friends we meet, the places we visit, and the memories we share.
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