PREFACE 



unfinished agrarian crusade. This book is an at- 

 tempt to sketch the course and to reproduce the 

 spirit of that crusade from its inception with the 

 Granger movement, through the Greenback and 

 Populist phases, to a climax in the battle for free 

 silver. 



In the preparation of the chapters dealing with 

 Populism I received invaluable assistance from my 

 colleague, Professor Lester B. Shippee of the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota; and I am indebted to my 

 wife for aid at every stage of the work, especially 

 in the revision of the manuscript. 



SOLON J. BUCK. 



MINNESOTA HISTORICAL Socisn, 

 ST. PAUL. 



