Tractors, Kalashnikovs and Green Tea: My Life of Tractors and Travels

Ian M. Johnston

Rosenberg Publishing, 2011 - Agricultural machinery industry - 320 pages

Ian M. Johnston is a historian, photographer, vintage car collector, and an internationally known expert on tractors. Johnston has lived the history of post-war farming and farm machinery in Australia, and he offers insights into part of Australia's post-World War II history that is rarely recorded or described so humorously. Having worked with the legendary Lanz tractor firm, he eventually formed his own agricultural machinery business, which allowed him the opportunity to travel abroad, visiting various countries, such as Japan and Romania. This delightful memoir offers amusing details of his travels involving tractors.

About the author

Ian M Johnston is a noted historian and photographer and writers about tractors and their development in Australia and overseas. He is the author of several books on the history of tractors and now shares with us his life with tractors.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Tractors, Kalashnikovs and Green Tea: My Life of Tractors and Travels
• Author: Ian M. Johnston
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing, 2011
• ISBN: 1921719044, 9781921719042
• Length: 320 pages