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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Back in the 1830s, who was a young blacksmith from Vermont, about to make his mark on American history? John Deere, that's who! 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? Long before the first tractor, who changed farming forever? John Deere, that's who! The life and accomplishments...
Author
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
"Today John Deere is remembered - some say mistakenly - as the inventor of the steel plow. Who was this legendary man and how did he create the internationally renowned company that still bears his name? He began as a debt-stricken blacksmith who, fleeing debt in New England in the 1830s, set up shop in a small town on the Illinois frontier. There, in response to farmers' struggles, he designed a new plow that cut through the impervious prairie sod...
3) John Deere
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
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.
4) John Deere
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about John Deere. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
5) John Deere
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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