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Original ads, historic design drawings, and factory photographs tell the definitive story of the American tractors development, mechanical innovations, groundbreaking designs, and company histories. Best-selling author Randy Leffingwell researched and photographed restored classics and one-of-a-kind experimental models from coast-to-coast to deliver the goods on American farm tractor.This is the book that started it all! Previous hardcover edition (0--87938-532-4 pub 1991) has sold a staggering 150,000copies!
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The History Of Tractors With Great Photographs.......2005-05-27
This is a nice book for persons involved in farming and tractors. It is an attractive large-size full-color book that is an excellent coffee table book. If you have been involved with tractors over the years, you will certainly enjoy this book's look back on the American Farm Tractors over the years.
Barnes & Noble republished this book in 2002 with the very same cover. Whether you locate the original 1991 edition or the more recent 2002 edition you will have essentially the same book.
This book will definately be a "keeper"........2002-05-10
Bought for my husband for Christmas since he comes from a few generations of tractor owners this book was the perfect gift for him to gather his son on his lap and share stories and pictures. We wish it had more pictures of more classic oldies. The brief histories given on the pictured tractors are pretty good though. I bought this book second hand, in great condition and plan on saving to give to our son when he has children so he can pass along the stories.
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FROM HORSES TO DIESEL ENGINES IN A HALF CENTURY.......2004-11-13
Author/Photographer Randy Leffingwell went on a personal odyssey throughout the country to obtain the approximately 450 photographs of mostly restored tractors that are included here. (I say mostly restored because a few photographs are of either partially restored or yet to be restored models.)
In many ways, the history of the tractor reflects the history of America at war and at peace. For example, many early tractors utilized cleated tracks that shortly thereafter were used on military tanks. In 1938, Minneapolis Moline's U-DLX tractor, with slight modification, became the first jeep; that all purpose military transport vehicle that we all know. Early tractors used the same technology as train steam engines, and in many cases closely resembled those early engines.
__ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN TRACTOR__ traces the evolution of the tractor from horse drawn plows to a vehicle which replaced these teams of horses with a steam driven engine, and on to larger and more sophisticated steam tractors, then to their conversion to gasoline engines, and finally to diesel burning engines.
The earliest tractors were log haulers modified to become tractors. Some were huge for the time, weighing as much as five tons (Not so big now, but huge for the time). Some required several people just to operate them. Someone to keep the steam engine fed with fuel, and two or three more performing other operating tasks.
All of the restorations seem to be beautifully done, are beautifully photographed, are fully operating, and are accompanied by text discussing their technical particulars and their place in history. I am impressed by the amount of research that went into the book, and think that it is worth reading for the history revealed, for the photography, and for the anecdotal information such as the discussion in the introduction of the Russell Steam Tractor "spark show," one early fall evening on a farm in Iowa. (It's too bad that Leffingwell didn't have any photographs of this amazing sounding show.
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Vintage American Farm Tractors (Enthusiast Color Series)
Andrew Morland
Manufacturer: Motorbooks International
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Case Tractors: Steam to Diesel
Dave Arnold
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Nebraskas favorite unlicensed sex therapist offers 11 essays to help male readers straddle that fine line between a happy better half and shed full of well-oiled machinery.
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If Rog only wrote that book 30 years ago.......2002-10-14
When I started reading the book, only few moment passed before laughed so the bed was shaking. Couldn't help shouting YES! several times. Tried to tell her what was so right and so funny. All I got was The Look and The Sigh. She don't understand why there's this 3 ton pice of metal where she could park her car. This book should be mandatory for all male above the age of 13. If you don't understand the woman in your life get Roger's book - period.
Fun-n-ny!.......2002-05-24
For the man who loves his tools, this book is a hoot! We see the development of a man through the various stages of marriage and raising a family. Get it for the man in your life.
Great Gift.......2001-06-07
I enjoyed this book and I am not a collector of antique tractors, own a tractor, or even know how to repair old engines. This book contains much more than tractor jargon. It is a book about life, hobbies, and understanding yourself. The stories are humorous and real. Everyone I've loaned this book to has enjoyed it. This is a real find for any American male over the age of 40.
to know em' is to love em'.......2001-05-02
Reading anyone of Welsch's books is like having a comfortable conversation with a friend . . . truly a delight. Love, Sex and Tractors takes it up a notch providing unique insight into the author's views on the opposite sex and, of all things, antique tractors! People wondered what Zen had to do with motorcycle maintenance and then discovered a wonderous connection when they read that book. I can't promise you will extract similar profound understandings with Welsch's words. But you are sure to experience the devine liberation of a good laugh with this text.
Not for me.......2001-03-25
I loved this author's Shingling the Fog and my wife has read and liked other books by him. But Love, Sex and Tractors is a tasteless dud. It rambles along at a slow and boring pace, and just isn't funny. In fact we were put off by negative remarks about women (written in jest, but where's the joke?). Buy something else by Mr. Welsch.
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- good job by an young author
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The Classic American Farm Tractor: From the Beginnings To 1960
Adam Halsey
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good job by an young author.......2002-12-05
An informative, interesting book, considering that the author was only 16 when he wrote it. So many tractor books seem to be written by people who have never seen or driven one. This author is a young farmer, with a genuine interest in tractors and their history.
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- Must have book for the antique tractor buff
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American Farm Tractor & Implement Dealerships
Brian Rukes
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
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Farm equipment dealers have been supplying the needs of
farmers, and through them the nourishment needs of the
world, for well over a century. This well-researched reference
documents the evolution of these dealerships and their
equipment, through the personal accounts of many dealership
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salesmen, and customers.
Customer Reviews:
Must have book for the antique tractor buff.......2004-12-16
Brian did a really good job digging up old time stories and pictures to blend with the modern day. A nice read with those great old snap shots to go with it. Anyone that is into old tractors will love it. One other nice thing is that unlike most other books this one, published by Krause Publications, is printed here in the USA.
Book Description
This visual feast provides a marque-by-marque history spanning the last century, as well as double-page spreads featuring the 24 most important tractors from that period.
Book Description
Spin up the turbo, lock it into all-wheel drive, and shift into high gear to take a high-horsepower tour of the tractors of the 1960s! American Farm Tractors in the 1960s discusses and explores the history of John Deere and other prominent manufacturers such as IH, Famrall, J.I. Case, Allis-Chalmers, Massey-Ferguson, Ford, and White farm equipment, along with the people who produced them. Minor marques like Caterpillar, Stieger, and Versatile are also discussed, along with obscure marques and orphans.About the AuthorThe author/photographer team of Rod Beemer and Chester Petersen Jr. have collaborated on several books including Inside John Deere, Ford N-Series Tractors, and John Deere New Generation Tractors. Beemer is a writer, researcher, and tractor enthusiast. Petersen is a writer and photographer whose work appears regularly in Successful Farming and The Farm Journal. Both men live in rural Kansas.
Customer Reviews:
OK book, great pictures.......2003-01-10
Fairly decent, however there are some big pieces of misinformation. For example in a picture caption it states that the Oliver 2050 and 2150 had Cat V8 engines. Anyone who knows anything about Olivers knows it was the 2255 with Cat engine. Also a caption of JD tractor says it is a 5010 when it has a row crop front end? Nice pictures and short company history for each of the companies. Just be aware that not all of the info is gospel.
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This revolutionary new book is written for practical amateur astronomers who not only want to observe, but want to know the details of exactly what they are looking at. The Moon is the most commonly observed of all astronomical objects. This is the first book to deal equally with the Moon itself - its formation, geology, and history - as well as the practical aspects of observation. The concept of the book - and of the series - is to present an up-to-date detailed description of the Moon, including its origins, history, and geology (part one); and then (part two) to consider how best to observe and record it successfully using commercially-available equipment. The Moon and How to Observe It is a mine of information for all levels of amateur observers, from the beginner to the experienced
Book Description
What do scientists know about the Moon? What are some of the mysteries that remain to be solved? Written by an experienced and well-known lunar expert, this is a "hands-on" primer for the aspiring observer of the Moon. Whether you are a novice or already experienced in practical astronomy, you will find plenty in this book to help "raise your game" to the next level and beyond. Gerald North shares extensive practical advice and his sophisticated background knowledge of the Moon and of lunar observation. He covers the selection and construction of equipment and optimizing of existing equipment for such projects as drawing, photographing and CCD imaging of the Moon, together with analysis and computer processing images, and many other practical topics. Observing the Moon will allow both amateur and seasoned astronomers alike to immerse themselves in contemporary efforts to solve the lunar mysteries, as well as to enjoy more fully our Moon in all its magnificence.
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More a reference than a read.......2002-08-01
North's very attractive book struck me less as a "good read" than as a useful reference for the amateur astronomer. The half of the book devoted to an "A-Z" of lunar landscapes in particular is quite good for this purpose -- if you've been out viewing the moon and are curious to know more about a particular feature, both the text and photographs are of value. I agree with a previous reviewer that this would have been better as two books. The overview chapters are well written but not of much value to the advanced astronomer; the information on CCDs, software etc. is likely to age pretty quickly. The info on transient lunar phenomena is interesting but not of much use unless you have a big 'scope. Still, as a reference book for lunar features I haven't seen much else that compares with it.
Not the best Moon book!.......2001-08-29
It is difficult to know what to say about this book. The author has invested much time in preparing it, and Cambridge has done an excellent job of reproducing the many fine drawings and photographs included. Yet it leaves me surprisingly flat; I suspect this is a book which will sit on my shelf rarely opened.
The book is strangely lopsided. Its longest and best section, fully half the book, is a set of detailed descriptions of forty-eight selected regions of the Moon, selected for their topographic variety and interest. Each region is illustrated by photographs and drawings under various illuminations, and North provides descriptive text and an at-the-eyepiece tutorial. The drawings are typical of the British school of lunar drawing: meticulous pen and ink drawings which are striking to look at, but so stylized as to bear little resemblance to what one sees through the eyepiece.
This massive descriptive section is preceded by seven short chapters to provide the reader, whom North typifies as an "interested amateur astronomer who is yet to become a lunar specialist," with the background necessary to begin observations of the Moon. After an introductory chapter, there are sections on the history of lunar observation, equipment and visual observation, photography, electronic imaging, the physical nature of the Moon, and reference sources. Following the large descriptive chapter, there is a chapter on transient lunar phenomena, obviously a subject dear to North's heart. Much of this material is superficial, but it is interlaced repeatedly with rather technical sections, almost as if the author wished to show off his scientific credentials.
When I initially started to read the book, I gravitated to the chapter on reference sources. Clearly North's favourite source is Lunar Sourcebook-a User's Guide to the Moon. Unfortunately this is currently out-of-print. North lists seven books and maps taken from Sky Publishing's web site, which includes such standards as Antonin Rükl's Atlas of the Moon, and then makes an extraordinary statement: "I must admit that I have no personal experience of the adequacy, or otherwise, of any of these items." In other words, he has not bothered to consult a large part of the standard reference works for lunar observers! This was when I seriously began to doubt the quality of the research underlying the rest of the book.
Finally, there is the question of North's writing style. This is what I call the "chatty British eccentric" style, typified by the writing of Patrick Moore and Gerald Durrell. While charming to some in small doses, it definitely becomes tiresome in a long book. Then there is his constant whining about the page limitations imposed on him by his publisher, which he repeatedly uses as an excuse to flog his other book and just about anything else published by Cambridge. It took a major effort of will for me to wade through all this.
So what is an amateur astronomer interested in the Moon to do? My favourite book on the Moon, Rükl's Atlas mentioned above, is currently out-of-print, but due to be reprinted by Sky soon. It is what I always keep at hand while observing the Moon, and is well worth seeking out on the used market. I can't in all honesty recommend North's book to either a beginner or a more advanced student of the Moon.
Solid, But Far Too Compressed.......2001-08-17
North is a respected person in the amateur lunar community. Given that, I can't help but wish this book could have been somehow better.
North starts out by giving a good account of the Moon itself, dealing with such concepts as gravity, tides, phases, libration, lunar coordinates, and occultations. He then goes forward to give a short account of pioneering lunar selenography. Then he goes onward with chapters dealing with drawing the Moon through a telescope and photographing the Moon with both cameras and CCDs. All of these chapters, while good, could have been more in depth, I think.
A (very) short chapter on the Moon as it is studied from the desktop is included. This so barely scratches the surface the chapter is easy to miss.
The largest portion of the book is a chapter (over 100 pages long) on selected lunar landscapes. This is a great part of the book and North does a great job with it. It seems the only part of the book that isn't cut short due to space considerations, but here more could possibly been done.
Finally, there is a short, but good chapter on Transient Lunar Phenomena, the subject that North has been working on for some years.
In the end, the most annoying part of the book for me was North saying again and again and AGAIN that "much more could be said about this, but I'm already over the page allotment that my publisher set." In the end, due to this, "Observing the Moon" is largely an average book...that has two GREAT books struggling to get out of it.
Want a first book on the Moon? You can start with this, but it will only whet your appetite for more...which may not be a bad thing.
Mr. North, I look forward to you working on the next version of this book. However, for the next version, if possible, split it into the two great books that are struggling to get out of the book you've written: one book that is just Chapter 8 ("Selected Lunar Landscapes") and another book that is all the other chapters.
Average customer rating:
- Excellent guide
- A poor excuse for a book on amateur astronomy
- Badly in need of copy editing
- Warning: bad book!
- Excellent reference book
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Through the Telescope: A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer, Revised Edition
Patricia L. Barnes-Svarney , and
Michael R. Porcellino
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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In the ten years since this award-winning book was originally written by Michael Porcellino, the field of astronomy and its discoveries has grown by leaps and bounds. From the astounding images sent back by the Hubble Space Telescope, to the bright comet Hale-Bopp from the fleet of Martian probes, to the long-distance explorations of the Moon, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn--the universe has become more accessible than ever. And thanks to this revised and thoroughly updated new edition by astronomer and science writer, Patricia Barnes-Svarney, anyone with an interest can delve into its wonders. From the very close up to the far reaches of space, THROUGH THE TELESCOPE presents a uniquely "user-friendly" view of the universe, and offers both novice and advanced amateur astronomers some of the best tools available to watch the nighttime skies. You’ll learn all about: * Setting up a good, user-friendly telescope system * How to look at the universe in order to really see it * Upgrading your telescope for peak performance * How to spot a star cluster, a nebulaÖeven a supernova * Forming your own network of amateur astronomers. Complete with a web site appendix and fully updated charts on eclipses and planetary oppositions well into the year 2000, this edition of an acclaimed book will be an invaluable users guide for aspiring astronomers entering the new millennium.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent guide.......2002-02-01
This is an excellent guide for the amateur astronomer, with copious information on both what to look at in the sky and what to buy to do so, including both binoculars and telescopes. It has copious information on every aspect of skywatching, down to the best filters to view the various planets through. It's very supportive of amateur astronomy, consistently pointing out the contributions that amateurs have made and continue to make to the science (one of the few sciences where this is still possible).
Quibbles: a few formatting problems, where the formatting notation shows up instead of italics or whatever was intended. And they repeat the urban legend about Galileo going blind from observing the sun (though admittedly I just recently found out that this is mistaken).
Other than that, it's an excellent book, though more of a reference than a "sit-down-and-read" book, which is what I did with it, at least for now.
Meanwhile, I wonder if some of the other reviews (below) apply to the earlier edition of the book, since I did not encounter the same problems.
A poor excuse for a book on amateur astronomy.......2000-12-14
I pity the novice who purchases this book with the intention of learning about amateur astronomy. The book is a demonstration of what happens when someone rushes it to publication, does not KNOW the subject and builds poorly on a work that wasn't very good in the first place. There are so many terrifically awful errors in this book, it would take another book to document them. Pictures of microscopes where telescopes should be, refractor telescopes described as Dobsonians, etc, etc. The illustration/pictures are also slipshod, out of focus and poorly rendered. I cannot believe a suposedly reputable publishing house could release this "joke" of a text on amateur astronomy. It should be withdrawn from the market NOW and burned. -Richard Anderson
Badly in need of copy editing.......2000-07-05
It's amazing McGraw-Hill let this one out at all. There are typographical and syntactical errors on almost every page. I can't comment on technical accuracy, as I am a beginner at astronomy. But I do know when I've seen the same photograph twice with different, and inconsistent, captions. The publisher did a real disservice to the author of this edition--and to the memory of the author of the original version--by rushing this to market without at least showing it to a copy editor.
Warning: bad book!.......2000-03-04
This is the worst astronomy book I've encountered in forty years as an amateur astronomer! It is full of errors and has some of the poorest illustrations (out-of-focus, incorrectly labeled) I've ever seen in a commercial publication. Anyone interested in buying and using telescopes would be much better served by NightWatch by Terence Dickinson, The Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Dickinson and Dyer, or Phil Harrington's Star Ware.
Excellent reference book.......1999-09-18
As an amateur in astronomy, I found this book very educative. It covers all aspects of astronomy - from naked eye view of the sky to deep space objects, binocular to large telescope obesrvation, etc. Though it was written in 1989, the book will continue to be a reference book to all interested in astronomy.
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Guide to Observing the Moon
British Astronomical Association
Manufacturer: Enslow Pub Inc
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- Alachua Astronomy Club (AAC) Review by Don Loftus
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The Moon: An Observing Guide for Backyard Telescopes
Michael T. Kitt
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Alachua Astronomy Club (AAC) Review by Don Loftus.......2004-07-05
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