John Deere Evolution: The Design and Engineering of an American Icon

Description

As seen in the Wall Street Journal! Winner of three gold independent publishing awards! This visually stunning work blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. The beautiful book also is encyclopedic, containing examples of every model line built by John Deere since 1919. It includes drawings and images from the archives of the Henry Dreyfuss Archives housed at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan, and from the Theo Brown Archives kept at Wooster Polytechnic Institute. Period images from the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and other notable historic archives add visual depth to the history. Matching the strong visuals is an in-depth history that includes interviews with industrial designers, dealers, and farmers who created, sold, and used the machines. This stunning book offers fantastic imagery and in-depth text sure to please any John Deere or tractor history enthusiast!