Tractors
1880s to 1980s
$33.13
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2010
Summary
Written by one of the best-known classic motoring writers, this is an illustrated history of the farm tractor, from its origins to the 1970s.
Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse- and man-power saw the origins of the machine we know today.
Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, and in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rival…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747807544 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 074780754X |
| Author: | Nick Baldwin |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2010 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 6mm x 149mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Shire Library |
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Nick Baldwin
Nick Baldwin was driving a Standard Fordson as a schoolboy in the 1950s. He later worked in the Land-Rover factory and became a highly respected motoring author and historian. He produced the first of several farm tractor books in the 1970s and had a collection of old machines on his traditional farm.
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