John Deere Evolution: The Design and Engineering of an American Icon
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Product Description
From the author who produced the award-winning Red Tractors series comes the authoritative guide to John Deere design and engineering.
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.
About the Author
Lee Klancher’s career encompasses more than 30 years of publishing great stories. As an editor and publisher, he has overseen the development of some of the most-respected and best-selling books in the transportation niche. A prolific author and photographer, Lee has contributed words and images to more than 30 books as well as dozens of national magazines including Men’s Journal, Draft, and Motorcyclist. A book junkie and an obsessive student of his craft, Lee has also taught writing and photography at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
He is best-known for his award-winning books and calendars covering farm tractors, including Red Tractors and Red 4WD Tractors. He has rented an abandoned air force base to create a book cover, and built a custom 20×40-foot studio to photograph 30 of the most valuable John Deeres in private hands.
He and his camera have climbed the Julian Alps, explored breweries on four continents, and ridden backcountry motorcycle routes in the Bolivian Amazon, the Australian Outback, and on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. When not working on a book or a photo shoot, Lee busies himself biking, reading, and enjoying good food and craft beer. Lee lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Joan as well as their dog, Red.
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