Synopsis
How one inventor changed farming—and the world. This well‑researched biography follows Cyrus H. McCormick from a Virginian farm to a worldwide farming revolution, showing how a single idea reshaped food production and global trade.
In a clear, accessible narrative, the book traces the development of the McCormick Reaper, the battles over patents, and the dramatic reception across Europe and America. It highlights the risks, the enduring business choices, and the lasting legacy of a craft that turned hungry crowds into fed nations, while tracing the man behind the machine.
- How the Reaper evolved from a local tool into a global system for feeding nations.
- Key moments of exhibition, competition, and recognition that shaped international demand.
- The personal drive and business decisions that defined McCormick’s career.
- The book’s view of the broader changes in agriculture, industry, and trade in the 19th century.
Ideal for readers of history and business biography, this edition offers a concise portrait of an American innovator whose work helped define modern agriculture.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
United States must read the life of Cyrus Hall Mc Cormick. No other one man so truly represented the dawn of the industrial era, the grapple of the pioneer with the crudities of a new country, the replacing of muscle with machinery, and the establishment of better ways and better times in farm and city alike. Beginning exactly one hundred years ago, the life of Mc Cormick spanned the heroic period of our industrial advancement, when great things were done by great individuals. To know Me Cormick is to know what type of man it was who created the United States of the nineteenth century. And now that a new century has arrived, with a new type of business development, it may be especially instructive to review a life that was so structural and so fundamental.
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About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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