This well-researched resource book features roughly 200 individuals or corporations integrally involved in the development of the lawn mower industry in the United States over a period of eighty-eight years, from 1855 to 1942. Hand, Horse, and Motor offers anecdotes and information on lawn mower patents, trademarks, and accessory products, and it also looks at the cultural influences of the invention. 266 pages. 155 black-and-white photographs and ephemera.