A story of two excessive men, born 157 years apart, both obsessed with the lawn mower. EdwinBeard Budding 1796-1846 its ingenious inventor & Clive Gravett the author, whose passion forthe lawn mower & indeed its inventor has led to a Museum & Charity both dedicated to his hero,not to mention his vast collection of mowers spanning 150 years.  This book tells the story of this world changing piece of machinery which has impacted on allof our lives, in particular the many turf based sports, would Cristiano Ronaldo be earning hismillions if we were still using the scythe to cut grass?  We are taken on extraordinary & informative journey as the mower developed, linking in withsocial history and indeed many famous and sometimes infamous people Osama Bin Laden forinstance!