Project Gutenberg 2010-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 67 Casson, Herbert Newton 1869 1951 Gasson, Herbert N. (Herbert Newton) 08015470 The Romance of the Reaper Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The story of McCormick -- The story of Deering -- The International Harvester Company -- The American harvester abroad -- The harvester and the American farmer. E-text prepared by Tom Roch and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Core Historical Literature of Agriculture (CHLA), Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University (http://chla.library.cornell.edu/) and Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "The Romance of the Reaper" by Herbert Newton Casson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the invention and impact of the reaper, a revolutionary machine that transformed agriculture and significantly influenced the prosperity of the United States. The narrative likely explores the lives of key figures in the development of this technology, including Cyrus Hall McCormick, whose innovations helped to alleviate hunger and poverty. At the start of the book, readers are introduced to the historical context surrounding the invention of the reaper. Casson paints a vivid picture of the plight of farmers before the advent of mechanized harvesting, highlighting how laborious grain harvesting was before the reaper was developed. The narrative outlines Cyrus McCormick's journey from a young inventor facing skepticism to becoming a pivotal figure in American agriculture, sharing anecdotes that showcase the initial challenges and triumphs of introducing this life-changing technology to farmers and society at large. The opening sets the stage for a grand exploration of the machine's historical significance and its contribution to economic and social progress in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Harvesting machinery HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Engineering & Construction 261521 261062 2024-10-14T04:22:49.804512 2023-09-14T09:13:35.320892 text/html text/html 264974 2010-06-05T14:57:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1059613 2010-06-05T15:00:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1117906 2024-10-14T04:22:56.623545 application/epub+zip 1118591 2024-10-14T04:22:51.978552 application/epub+zip 176562 2024-10-14T04:22:50.642552 application/epub+zip 1235535 2024-10-14T04:23:00.137486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1206983 2024-10-14T04:22:55.696537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241037 2022-09-15T05:56:15.290393 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229213 228850 2024-10-14T04:22:48.963560 2023-09-14T09:13:34.675892 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 228722 2010-06-05T14:54:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90109 2010-06-05T14:54:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 228729 2010-06-05T14:54:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90097 2010-06-05T14:54:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21797 2024-10-14T04:23:00.276466 application/rdf+xml 9881 2024-10-14T04:22:51.196517 image/jpeg 2755 2024-10-14T04:22:50.919515 image/jpeg 1208496 2024-10-14T04:22:49.894672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia