From the time when young Cyrus Hall McCormick saw his first experiment fail, his one determination was to build a reaper of his own that would work. REAPER MAN is a stirring account of McCormick's struggles, his disappointments, and his final success as a manufacturer of farm machinery—a success that is continued today in the work of the International Harvester Company.

Thrilling events in the career of the inventor come alive as Clara Ingram Judson describes McCormick's early trials with his machine in the beautiful Valley of Virginia, the entry of the reaper in the great London Exhibition of 1851, and the disaster of the Chicago fire.

This is a biography which will attract older readers as well as younger ones. It is the story of a man who grew with America and whose wonderful ingenuity contributed to wealth and progress everywhere in the world.

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