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- All In a Day's Work: Seventy-Five Years of Caterpillar - By Gilbert C. Nolde; Triumph Books, 2000, ISBN 1572433744. Coffee table history from 1925 to 2000, many fine photographs; the biggest print component of Caterpillar's anniversary events, PR efforts. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572433744
- Allis-Chalmers Construction Machinery & Industrial Equipment - By Norm Swinford; Crestline, MBI Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN 0760304858. Thorough earthmoving reference, few farm machines, with most models covered, many photos, specifications, serial number list. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760304858
- Building Giant Earthmovers - By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 0760306400. Colortech Series. Shows assembly process of several of world's largest earthmovers, used mostly in surface mining. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760306400
- Caterpillar Chronicle: The History of the World's Greatest Earthmovers - By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 0760306672. Inclusive retrospective with many fine photographs, modern and rare. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760306672
- Classic Caterpillar Crawlers - By Keith Haddock, Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN 0760309175. Photos and text of many older machines. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760309175
- Colossal Earthmovers - By Keith Haddock; MBI Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 0760307717. Enthusiast Color Series. Features the largest machines used mostly in surface mining. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760307717
- Euclid and Terex Earth-Moving Machines - By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 1997, ISBN 0760302936. Chronicles history of these firms from their start to the last round of buyouts and mergers. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760302936
- Extreme Mining Machines: Stripping Shovels and Walking Draglines - By Keith Haddock; MBI Publishing Co., 2001, ISBN 0760309183. Features the largest machines used mostly in surface mining: Bucyrus-Erie, Marion. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760309183
- Giant Dump Trucks - By Hans Halberstadt; MBI Publishing Co., 1994, ISBN 0879389230. Enthusiast Color Series. Brief, many photos. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879389230
- LeTourneau Earthmovers - By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 2001, ISBN 0760308403. Examines Texas firm's heavy equipment used in mining, construction, oil industries from 1920s to today. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760308403
- Mover of Men and Mountains - By Robert G. LeTourneau; Moody Press, 1967, ISBN 0802438180. Autobiography of inventor, engineer, industrialist who was ahead of his time; sponsored many works for foreign missions and education, founded LeTourneau College. [Moody Press]
www.moodypress.org/catalog.php?action=view_product&id=699
- Mover of Men and Mountains - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802438180
- Super-Duty Earthmovers - By Eric C. Orlemann; MBI Publishing Co., 1999, ISBN 0760306451. Photohistory of giant equipment used in mining and excavating industries. [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0760306451
- The Big Book of Caterpillar: The Complete History of Caterpillar Bulldozers and Tractors, Plus Collectibles, Sales Memorabilia, and Brochures - By Robert N. Pripps, Andrew Morland, Bob Feller; Town Square Book, Voyageur Press, 2000, ISBN 089658366X. History of steam, gas, diesel tractors, logging crawlers, dozers, 1860s to today, many photos, artwork, ads. [Voyageur Press]
www.voyageurpress.com/americana/Bigbookcaterpillar.htm
- The Big Book of Caterpillar: The Complete History of Caterpillar Bulldozers and Tractors, Plus Collectibles, Sales Memorabilia, and Brochures - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089658366X
- Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry - By William R. Haycraft; University of Illinois Press, 2002, ISBN 0252024974. Overarching history examines vast rise in scope of mining and construction projects made possible by innovations in this field. [University of Illinois Press]
www.press.uillinois.edu/f02/haycraft.html
- Yellow Steel: The Story of the Earthmoving Equipment Industry - [Amazon.com]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0252024974
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