A Field Guide To American Windmills.

T. LINDSAY BAKER

Publication: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1985,

First edition, later printing. Oblong 8vo. Black cloth, titles stamped in silver on the spine, xii, 516 pp., foreword, preface, illustrated, plates, appendices, notes to Part 1, bibliography, index. Foreword by Donald E. Green. A guide for identifying windmills, and for obtaining information about the history and technology of any specific mill or windmill company. The narrative is the most detailed and comprehensive treatment of American windmill history ever done, from the early invention of Daniel Halladay to the modern Aermotor, all of it is well written from solid research data. Settlement of the American West and Southwest was virtually impossible without water. Windmills were needed to pump underground water to the surface for use with crops, livestock, and humans. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.