{"product_id":"9781608041077","title":"John Deere: Man with the Golden Plow","description":"John Deere and tractors are as synonymous as water and H2O. So it is ironic that the man who started Deere \u0026amp; Co., one of the oldest and largest American corporations, with annual sales exceeding $21 billion, never produced a single tractor in his life. His claim to fame was based on the plow. It all started in 1837 when Deere picked up a broken saw blade, cut the teeth off with a hand chisel, polished the smooth side of the blade and fashioned it with a hammer into a \"plow that would scour,\" that is, clean itself. It was the foundation upon which Deere \u0026amp; Co. grew. Award-winning author Daniel Alef's biographical profile of John Deere describes his Horatio Alger-like ascent from poverty to the pinnacle of the American dream. [1,334-word Titans of Fortune article]","brand":"Titans of Fortune Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163092140272,"sku":"9781608041077","price":1.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608041077_p0.jpg?v=1763838340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608041077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}