BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS

By Farm Collector Staff
Published on March 1, 2003
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John Deere guide

‘Round the world in 156 pages

This may well be a book for you if you like that long, green line of tractors. It’s neither a coffee table book, nor a particularly thick volume jammed full of facts and figures. Rather, it’s a handy and easy-to-read 156 pages, filled with plenty of information about John Deere tractors, but not so much as to be tedious. The small volume makes a pleasant evening of reading without being too heavy on either lap or eyes.

The book is simply structured. The entire John Deere line of tractors is broken down into eight logical chapters:

The Pioneering Years, 1892-1924
The Unstyled Years, 1923-1938
The Styled Years, 1938-1960
The Numbered Series Years, 1952-1960
The New Generation of Power, 1959-1972
Generation II, 1972-1987
The Modern Years, 1982-1991
The World’s Leader, 1991 – Present

Author Don Macmillan lives in England, and the book naturally reflects his consequent international perspective. He includes information on John Deere tractors produced in many foreign countries, as well as the United States.

Macmillan proudly explains that he bought his first new John Deere tractor in 1943 for farming. Fifteen years later, he was appointed the first official John Deere dealer in the British Isles. Just a year after that, he began collecting and restoring John Deere tractors, and at one time had more than 30 vintage machines.

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