Books in Inventions

John Deere, That's Who!

<p>Back in the 1830s, who was a young blacksmith from Vermont, about to make his mark on American history? John Deere, that’s who!<br><br>Who moved to Illinois, where farmers were struggling to plow through the thick, rich soil they called gumbo? Who tinkered and tweaked and tested until he invented a steel plow that sliced into the prairie easy as you please?<br><br>Long before the first tractor, who changed farming forever? John Deere, that’s who!<br><br>Beautiful illustrations—including spectacular landscapes—reflect the time period and bring John Deere's remarkable story to life.</p>

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