Raleigh businessman Garland Tucker continues to collect top-flight reviews for his book, The High Tide of American Conservatism.
The Washington Times says:
Mr. Tucker?s historical analysis is well-researched, objective and informative, his prose lucid and succinct. One comes away from this book with a newfound appreciation for the period and the lessons it holds for the current day. And with genuine admiration for Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis, principled men of exceptional character whose formative years and formidable accomplishments are deftly capsuled.
The Intellectual Conservative notes:
As Tucker details conclusively, both men [presidential candidates Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis] were bedrock conservatives,
with deeply held convictions. Tucker briefly describes the post-bellum
United States (1865-1900) as one of unbridled conservative philosophy.
It heralded the unparalleled blooming of the most prosperous, powerful,
dynamic and self-confident nation in modern world history as the US
adhered faithfully to the laissez-faire, individual freedom, limited
government model laid down by the Founders. Tucker explains how it was
the young Republican Party that motivated and steered this development;
he points out that in that era, the Democrats elected only one
president, Grover Cleveland, and he was as conservative as any
Republican of the time.
The American Spectator adds:
This is the kind of a book only a capitalist and practitioner of the American dream could write. Tucker longs for a return to those days when individual freedom allowed for the creation of personal wealth and American business thrived in an atmosphere of low taxes. Wistfully, he quotes Coolidge: “I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.”
The Daily Caller explains:
Wouldn?t it behoove us to learn from this history? And if the pursuit of ?progressive? policies to address a subsequent recession produced prolonged stagnation ? which also happened ? wouldn?t we benefit from knowing that as well?
Happily a very readable new book brings this history into focus in a fashion that should inform our thinking about issues that have challenged our nation before, and challenge it still.
