Pioneer Plowmaker: A Story about John Deere

by David R. Collins

In the 1800s, the moist soil of the Midwest would stick to plow blades, stopping the farmers as they plowed. Young blacksmith John Deere knew about the problem, so he designed and built a self-scouring plow. With this small start, he founded the famous farm implement company Deere & Company and started down the road to success.

Genres: History, Biography

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

David R. Collins is a published author and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of David R. Collins include George Washington Carver: Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist, Cesar Chavez (Just the Facts Biographies), J. R. R. Tolkien (Just the Facts Biographies), and The Time Travelling Cat & the Tudor Treasure.

Reviews

[Hunter Kodl · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was an okay book but wouldn't recommend it.

[Rosa Cline]

4 star
This was a very interesting Biography of John Deere. Started with his childhood and follows him throughout his teen years, and his adulthood. Why he felt the way he did when he stood for what he believed in; although at times it was opposite what his fellow neighbors thought. Follows through his adulthood and to his death. To his legacy he left to this day. Nicely done

[Elijolil]

No one

[CFAITC]

John Deere, a young blacksmith in the mid-1880s, created a plow that dirt would not stick to during a potentially disastrous time in Ohio.