Mack D. Rust
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Brother against brother
Mack Rust, who outlived his older brother John by 12 years, never abandoned his quest to build a better cotton picker but later struggled to secure financing on his own — something he blamed on John. Continue reading
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Building a ‘new society’
After his parents died, he wandered. Picked cotton. Harvested wheat. Mined coal. Lived in a cooperative community. Drafted during the Great War, he never fought. Learned instead to play the bugle. Continue reading