Mike Rucker
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Mike Rucker was a Service Representative and troubleshooter for Caterpillar Inc. He is a children’s author, civil war researcher and marathon runner. Seventeen of his 18 children’s books have been written about ”Terry the Tractor”. The jobs Terry performs in Mike’s books and the situations he faces are based on the real life experiences of the author from his 40 years of employment with Caterpillar Inc. at various locations around the world.An advocate of children’s reading programs, Rucker began writing his children-based books with ”Terry the Tractor” as the main character when he was living in Australia. He wrote the first three stories for his son Derek. His last three ”Terry the Tractor” books were written with his granddaughter Sabrina. Rucker has ran marathons in seven continents and is a member of the Seven Continents Club.
Bridge burner : | Terry and the Martians / | Terry and the South Pole breakdown | Terry and the beaver dam fiasco / | Terry and the bully / | Terry and the dinosaurs / | Terry and the earthquake / | Terry and the elephant / | Terry and the high-tech (Laser guided satellite transmitted) dozing system / | Terry and the obsolete locomotive / | Terry and the sunken submarine | Terry and the super powerful fuel / | Terry and the trouble with trash / | Terry and the wild well blowout / | Terry the athlete / | Terry the smoke jumper / | Terry the tractor / | The Scrubland Critters and the Cedar Key catastrophe /