01843cam a2200385 4500 551569596 TxAuBib 20100218120000.0 ||||||s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003020261 9781403453273 lib. bdg. $24.21 1403453276 lib. bdg. $24.21 DLC DLC DLC HARW TxAuBib Hall, Margaret, 1947- John Deere / M.C. Hall. Chicago : Heinemann Library, 2004. 32 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm. Lives and times Lives and times (Des Plaines, Ill.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index. Farming for food -- The early years -- Working and learning -- A blacksmith shop -- Moving on -- Settling in the West -- Plow problems -- A new kind of plow -- The company grows -- A new factory -- Father and son -- The later years -- Learning more about John Deere. Introduces the life of John Deere, including his childhood on a Vermont farm, his work as a tanner and blacksmith apprentice, and his invention of a new, more efficient type of plow that eventually led to his founding a company and opening his own factory. 20100218. Deere, John 1804-1886. Deere & Company History. Industrialists. Industrialists. United States Biography. Inventors. Agricultural machinery industry History. Agricultural machinery industry United States History. Plows United States History. Farm tractors United States History. Lives and times. Lives and times (Des Plaines, Ill.)