"The soil may be rich, but we can't pull a plow through it," farmers complained in the mid 1880s. The moist soil of the Midwest stopped any plow they used by sticking to the blade. The farmers thought a plow that could clean itself just couldn't be made.
But John Deere didn't. The young blacksmith had not let impossibility and disaster stop him before, and he wasn't about to now. In a lively and accurate text, biographer David R. Collins presents this hard-working, idealistic man whose steel plow opened up some of the world's richest farmland.
David R. Collins
David R. Collins is an award-winning author who has written numerous books for young people, including Sower Series "Abraham Lincoln, George Washington Carver, and Francis Scott Key." For many years Mr. Collins has taught English to high school boys and girls. He enjoys helping them get acquainted with Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, as well as more recent authors.
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Category: Biography
Format: Book (Paperback) (63)
Publisher: Hobar Publications
Date Published: Oct 02, 2001
Language: English
ISBN: 9780913163320
SKU: LT-1400
Dimensions: 6.00 x 8.50 x 0.25 (in)
Weight: 4.30 oz