The Romance of the Reaper

"The Romance of the Reaper" by Herbert Newton Casson is a story from the early 1900s that tells about a machine that changed farming forever. It focuses on the invention and huge impact of the reaper, a machine that made farming way more efficient and helped the United States grow. The book probably tells the stories of people like Cyrus Hall McCormick, who was really important in making the reaper and helping get rid of hunger and hardship. The story shows how tough things were for farmers before the reaper and then shares McCormick's journey from being a young inventor who people didn't believe in, to someone who completely changed American farming, showing how this machine had ups and downs as it was introduced to farmers and the world. This sets the stage for the book to explore how the reaper changed history, impacting both money and society in America.