Bulldozer

Stephen W. Meader

Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, NY, 1951

About this Item

Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1951. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. Rebound volume. Retired small town high school copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for scattered pencil marks and stamps on the front and rear pastedowns. Book Condition: Good; checkout pocket and slip in rear; shelfwear to boards; soiling to textblock edges. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with bright yellow lettering on the spine. 239 pp 8vo. Bill Crane, just out of high school and eager for a job, goes on a June fishing trip with his friend, Ducky Davis, to a lake in the Maine wilderness. More important than the bass they catch is the discovery of a Caterpillar D2 Tractor sunk and abandoned in the lake. How Bill locates the owner and buys the machine, how he and Ducky get it out of the water and make it run, is a tale that will thrill every mechanically minded boy. Of still broader interest is the story of Bill?s plucky battle to build a contracting business from that modest start. He makes enemies, but he makes loyal friends as well. Willing to tackle any job with his little bulldozer, he clears orchards, digs cellars, moves buildings, plows fields, skids logs, and fights forest fires. Finally, in an exciting climax, he wins an important earth-moving contract against strong and unscrupulous competition. This is a story of a sturdy machine and a boy with courage, ingenuity, and grit. It could happen in few places on earth except America. A clean presentable copy.

Seller Inventory # 017493

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bulldozer
• Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Edwin Schmidt
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Business/Trade/Industry
  • Adolescent/Childrens Books