{"id":14,"date":"2016-04-04T17:56:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev3.amberladley.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2016-04-04T17:56:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T17:56:18","slug":"description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"Hand, Horse, and Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1992, author James B. Ricci set out to develop a booklet on the power lawn mowers produced by The Locke Steel Chain Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. His topic and interests continued to expand over the years. <em>Hand, Horse, and Motor: The Development of the Lawn Mower Industry in the United States<\/em> is the result of Jim\u2019s extensive efforts.<\/p>\n<p>This thorough and well-researched resource for the lawn mower collector documents the development of the lawn mower industry in the United States of America; it features nearly 200 individuals or corporations that manufactured lawn mowers in this country and offers a snapshot on the patents, products, and historical contributions each brought to the industry. It also offers interesting anecdotes, photographs, and ephemera from the author\u2019s extensive collection.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hand, Horse, and Motor<\/em> touches on the beginnings of lawn mower history in England in 1830, when Edward Beard Budding obtained the first patent for a lawn mowing machine. Honoring these roots, and Jim\u2019s longstanding connection to The Old Lawnmower Club in Wolverton, England, the book also includes a foreword by Keith Wootton, the club\u2019s founder and president.<\/p>\n<p>The book has 266 pages, 155 black-and-white photographs, and an index. It was produced by North Farms Press, Haydenville, Massachusetts. \u00a9 2016 by James B. Ricci<\/p>\n<p>The publication of this book was a true collaboration of talent from the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, where the author lives. In addition to Jim, the following individuals also contributed to production: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beetlepress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janice Beetle<\/a> of Easthampton, editor; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.murrecreative.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maureen Scanlon<\/a> of Florence, designer; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toddverlander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Verlander <\/a>of Greenfield, photographer; Eric Wapner of Montague, image preparator; <a href=\"http:\/\/fransfineediting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fran Fahey<\/a> of Easthampton, proofreader; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeamaysprintmaking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Chalfin<\/a> of Zea Mays Printmaking in Northampton, who printed an image in the book from the original copper engraving plate; Roberta Geary and Sandra R. Karp of Easthampton, indexing; and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.collectivecopies.com\/store\/show_by_tags\/Off%20the%20Common%20Books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Strimer<\/a> of Off the Common Books in Amherst, who printed the book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/levellerspress.com\/product\/hand-horse-and-motor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy the book<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1992, author James B. Ricci set out to develop a booklet on the power lawn mowers produced by The Locke Steel Chain Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. His topic and interests continued to expand over the years. Hand, Horse, and Motor: The Development of the Lawn Mower Industry in the United States is the result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reellawnmower.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}