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Tractors, Kalashnikovs and Green Tea By Ian M Johnston |
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A life of tractors and travel
This is a book about
tractors, places and people. Ian M. Johnston is an
internationally recognised authority on the history of farm
tractors. Beginning with his boyhood in Fife and Edinburgh, he
tells of departing to Australia on his own at the age of 16 and
the numerous adventures that unfolded. His experiences as a
jackaroo, truck driver, shearing shed rouseabout, windmill
erector's assistant and roving tractor driver are full of
interest and humour. It was tractors that first
took him to Japan and green tea. It was tractors and a visit to
the Farmliner factory in Romania that introduced Ian to
Kalashnikovs. Of His passion for tractors extends to finding and restoring old and rare ones. Throughout the book he talks of the motor cycles and cars that he and his wife owned. He has possessed some rare and interesting tractors and an assortment of classic cars and motorcycles. The stories of these machines are told with love and humour. Hard cover & Dust Jacket. Stitch bound. Mono text with a mixture of B/W & colour photographs. 320 pages. 232mm X 151mm. ISBN 9781921719042. RRP $39.95 |
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