Further Reading
There are unfortunately few books about the Kibbo Kift or
the Green Shirts and no biography of John Hargrave. A good
contemporary view of the Kibbo Kift and the other British Woodcraft
movements of the early decades of the 20th century can be found in Woodcraft
and World Service (1929, London, Noel Douglas) by I.O. Evans (Blue
Swift). The author was a member of the Iceni Tribe of the Kibbo Kift
and later a member of the Woodcraft Folk. This is the only book of
its time that looks at all the Woodcraft movements from the Boy Scouts to
the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry.
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The history of the Kibbo Kift and the Green Shirts is well documented in
the book Social Movements and their Supporters - The Green Shirts in England
by Mark Drakeford, Lecturer in Social Studies and Applied Social
Studies at University of Wales College of Cardiff. While the first chapter
is devoted to a discussion of social science methodologies, heavy going for the layman, the rest of the book is eminently readable and contains many first-hand
recollections of former Kinsmen, Kinswomen and Green Shirts. Published in 1997
by MacMillan Press in London and St Martin's Press in the USA.
Related Web Sites
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The Ernest Thompson Seton Institute
The Institute is similar to the Kibbo Kift Foundation, being a non-profit organisation
dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the legacy of the artist, naturalist, author, philosopher
and father of modern woodcraft, to whom John Hargrave dedicated his first book,
Lonecraft.
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The Woodcraft Folk
The surviving breakaway from the Kibbo Kift, The Woodcraft Folk celebrate
their 80th birthday in 2005. It is an active youth movement promoting
cooperation, peace and friendship, which still retains some of the
ceremonies, lore and woodcraft philosophy of the early Kibbo Kift.
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Forest
School Camps
A UK educational charity run by unpaid volunteers, Forest School
Camps originated in the 1930s drawing its philosophy from progressive
educators, from the Woodcraft movements and the Native Americans, from
Quakers and others. The organisation runs woodcraft camps based on the
principles of independence and responsibility; concern and care
for oneself, other people and the environment; resourcefulness and
self-confidence; tolerance and respect.
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Social Credit
C.H. Douglas's exposition of his theory of Social Credit. This
is the book that transformed the Kibbo Kift from a family camping and
woodcraft organisation into the shirted paramilitary Green Shirts -
dedicated to the establishment of World Peace and a Social Credit state
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