A while back I was talking to a guy who lives on a fairly remote farm, and who has been working for a long time to get as far off the grid as he can. I only talked to him briefly (a friend of a friend whom I’d just met) and he was a really interesting and really nice guy.
He has a horse drawn buggy that he takes when he goes into town when it’s nice (still has a car), has ducks and chickens, and has been working on restoring some old farm equipment that’s powered by draft horses.
While we were on his farm, he mentioned a book about how farm work was done before gas engines (which in his opinion also reflected how it would be done after we run out of gas), which we could read if we were interested in the topic. (All discussions of energy density, labor time, specialization, and efficiency aside for the moment.)
I only kind of remembered the name of the book, but I looked it up on Amazon and was able to find it. However, I think they could have given a bit more though to the layout of the cover:
I wouldn’t believe it was a real book either if I hadn’t seen it at his place. You can pick it up on Amazon here.