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To: Leifur
In response to your request for good books on conservatism, I have attached below a list posted on Amazon.com which is one of our largest Internet book sellers. The list has quite a diversity from works focusing on our Revolutionary period, through modern historical accounts and some contemporary political treatises. It is one person's list so it would reflect any biases of the list maker.

Political Conservative's Reading List A Listmania list by Cory D. Miller (Honolulu, HI)

   1.  The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics) by Alexander Hamilton$11.16   Used & New from: $2.55 Average Customer Rating:

2.  Two Treatises of Government by John Locke Cory D. Miller says:  "Classic political theorist that influenced the American Founding Fathers" $11.99   Used & New from: $1.79 Average Customer Rating:

3.  Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Paine Cory D. Miller says:  "The works of a prominent historical political theorist collected under one cover" $23.10   Used & New from: $21.81 Average Customer Rating:

4.  Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered America's Long-Term National Security by Robert Patterson Cory D. Miller says:  "Eye-opening.  Easy reading." $19.29   Used & New from: $2.50 Average Customer Rating:

5.  Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson$23.10   Used & New from: $10.49 Average Customer Rating:

6.  The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions) by John Grafton$3.99   Used & New from: $0.46 Average Customer Rating:

7.  George Washington : Writings (Library of America) by George Washington$28.00   Used & New from: $14.50 Average Customer Rating:

8.  James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836 (Library of America) by James Madison$26.40   Used & New from: $18.99 Average Customer Rating:

9.  Alexander Hamilton: Writings (Library of America) by Alexander Hamilton$26.40   Used & New from: $20.00 Average Customer Rating:

10.  Leviathan (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Hobbes$9.95   Used & New from: $2.94 Average Customer Rating:

11.  Democracy in America (Penguin Classics) by Alexis de Tocqueville$8.00   Used & New from: $2.90 Average Customer Rating:

12.  In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror by Michelle Malkin$18.45   Used & New from: $2.03 Average Customer Rating:

13.  Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores by Michelle Malkin$11.53   Used & New from: $4.53 Average Customer Rating:

14.  Black & White World: Editorial Cartoons by Cox & Forkum by John Cox$10.17 Average Customer Rating:

15.  Black & White World II by John Cox$20.00   Used & New from: $19.99 Average Customer Rating:

16.  Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life by Michael Medved$19.13   Used & New from: $3.15 Average Customer Rating:

17.  If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It by Hugh Hewitt$13.59   Used & New from: $0.01 Average Customer Rating:

18.  The Faith of George W. Bush by Stephen Mansfield$15.59   Used & New from: $0.32 Average Customer Rating:

19.  In the Words of Ronald Reagan: The Wit, Wisdom, and Eternal Optimism of America's 40th President by Michael Reagan$12.06   Used & New from: $2.96 Average Customer Rating:

116 posted on 12/09/2006 1:18:58 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Truth29

Wow, thank you for this, I truly appreciate it, I sure will buy some of these online. I am a great fan of Cox and Forkum by the way, although they are are objectivists.

Some of these books seem to be a rather heavy reading though. It surprises me a little how little emphasis is on economic matters on the list though. Did you say that it was not your list, but a list by someone posted on Amazon.com? How did you find it there? Are people posting such lists there?


121 posted on 12/09/2006 2:01:19 PM PST by Leifur
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