Nothing runs like a Deere, and no Deere has kept running as long and as well and with as passionate a following as the company’s two-cylinder tractors.The most popular tractors by the world’s favorite tractor manufacturer, these stalwarts of agriculture and industry get their due in this fascinating, fully detailed, extensively illustrated history.New photographs by tractor specialist Jeff Hackett, along with the latest comprehensive information, make this book the most complete and up-to-date account of America’s iconic tractors ever published.Color photographs and archival black and white images accompany John Dietz’s engaging chronicle of the history of two-cylinder tractors, model by model. The result is an unprecedented look at the tractors that have transcended the realm of farm equipment to become quintessential Americana.
John Dietz is a writer and photographer based in Arden, Manitoba, Canada. He has authored the books John Deere Two-Cylinder Buyer’s Guide and Classic John Deere Tractors, and he writes for several agriculture magazines. Jeff Hackett has been photographing motorcycles for magazines, books, and calendars for 19 years. He lives outside New Haven, Connecticut.