Foreword to ‘The American Peasant’

Writer’s note: All the projects for “The American Peasant” are complete. Now I just have to finish up the writing. Below is the final Foreword for the book. Finished chapters will be released – in order – as they are completed.

“To my friends, the American millionaires, to whom I have given the proceeds of many years of toil on a Nebraska farm, all of whom have leisure, and some of whom have brains enough to comprehend political and social science, this work is respectfully dedicated.”

— T.G. TIBBLES. “The American Peasant: A Timely Allegory.” F.J. Schulte & Co., Chicago, 1892.

I’ve wasted the following two pages of pulp and ink because the subject matter of this book might seem odd for a woodworking text. This book deals with matters of religion, spirituality and magic. These are fascinating topics, but they are not what drew me to this work. Just like my book “Campaign Furniture” wasn’t written from a love of empire, war or colonization.

For most of my career I have sought to share aspe…