Tractor Mac and his Cornwall adventure

CORNWALL —Tractor Mac, a favorite visitor to the Cornwall Farm Market, returned on Saturday, Aug. 27, with the ninth book in the series about his adventures.Author and illustrator Billy Steers lives in Roxbury with his family. The adventures of Tractor Mac and his farm buddies are based on the bedtime stories he made up for his sons when they were little. The first was published in 1999. Since then, he has added titles such as “Tractor Mac Builds a Barn” and “Tractor Mac Saves Christmas.” “Tractor Mac, You’re a Winner,” set at the “Bridgeriver Fair” is “loosely based” on the Bridgewater Country Fair, the author said.The highlight of his visits to Cornwall is a chance for youngsters to climb on the real Tractor Mac, a bright red 1948 Farmall Cub with eyeballs for headlights and a mouth for a grill. It was once featured on the cover of Popular Mechanics.When not coming up with new plot lines for his characters (including Mac, Sibley, Fetch, Small Fred, Carl and Deke), Steers is a commercial airline pilot. “It all started with stories I told to my kids, so whatever I make on the books goes to their college funds,” Steers said.

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