Description
Book SynopsisToday, John Deere is remembered - some say mistakenly - as the investor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his name?
Trade ReviewA 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 *
Table of ContentsTable 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
