One. Cyrus Hall McCormick comes to Chicago -- Two. Cyrus and Nettie McCormick and family -- Three. The brothers : William and Leander -- Four. The rivals : William Deering and sons -- Five. The heir : Cyrus Hall McCormick, Jr. -- Six. The formation of the International Harvester Company -- Seven. International Harvester expands abroad -- Eight. The middle son : Harold Fowler McCormick, Sr. -- Nine. The grandsons : Cyrus McCormick III and Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr. -- Ten. Brooks McCormick : The last McCormick as chief executive officer -- Eleven. The collectors -- Twelve. Madness -- Thirteen. Ambassadors and politicians -- Fourteen. Robert Rutherford McCormick and his Chicago Tribune -- Fifteen. Edifices -- Sixteen. Successors to International Harvester : Case IH and Navistar.
Summary:
"This work deals with the families of Cyrus Hall McCormick and William Deering families, and their mechanical harvesters that transformed world agriculture"-- Provided by publisher.
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