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VOLUME 45
THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES
ALLEN JOHNSON, EDITOR





THE AGRARIAN CRUSADE, A CHRONICLE OF THE FARMER IN POLITICS

BY SOLON J. BUCK




PREFACE

Rapid growth accompanied by a somewhat painful readjustment has
been one of the leading characteristics of the history of the
United States during the last half century. In the West the
change has been so swift and spectacular as to approach a
complete metamorphosis. With the passing of the frontier has gone