Posted by Bob Elmer on December 27, 2007 at 09:44:43 from (76.182.152.247):
In Reply to: Re: Tractor in a novel posted by Walt Davies on December 27, 2007 at 09:25:42:
Nice photos, Walt. Thanks. Never heard of a Cockshutt Blackhawk. You think that make would have been available to a farmer in SE Nebraska in the 1950s? The story takes place in the present day, but obviously the rig would have been purchased there a half-century ago.
By the way, if anybody's curious, the book's called "Homespun Harvest" and it's part of a series called "Home to Heather Creek," which is a series put out by the Guideposts book club. I think it's due out next year sometime. Safe to assume the readership is predominantly female (book club, you know) but hey, I still want to get the tractor details right! End of plug. -Bob
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