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Two Men Went to Mow

The Obsession, Impact and History of Lawn Mowing

Clive Gravett (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2018
Unicorn Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-911604-47-1 (ISBN)

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A story of two excessive men, born 157 years apart, both obsessed with the lawn mower. Edwin
Beard Budding 1796-1846 its ingenious inventor & Clive Gravett the author, whose passion for
the lawn mower & indeed its inventor has led to a Museum & Charity both dedicated to his hero,
not to mention his vast collection of mowers spanning 150 years.

This book tells the story of this world changing piece of machinery which has impacted on all
of our lives, in particular the many turf based sports, would Cristiano Ronaldo be earning his
millions if we were still using the scythe to cut grass?

We are taken on extraordinary & informative journey as the mower developed, linking in with
social history and indeed many famous and sometimes infamous people Osama Bin Laden for
instance!

Clive Gravett resigned from the rat race in 2004 to start his own horticultural business, an interest in gardening history & particularly lawn mowers gradually emerged retiring in 2016 after founding a charity to support young people in need and opening the Museum of Gardening, both dedicated to Edwin Beard Budding inventor of the lawn mower in 1830. Clive has since emerged as one of the leading worldwide authorities on lawnmower history, regularly giving talks/lectures and writing articles on the subject.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	100 Illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 193 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-911604-47-3 / 1911604473
ISBN-13	978-1-911604-47-1 / 9781911604471
Zustand	Neuware