Forgotten Conservatives in American History - Hardcover

"Clyde Wilson and Brion McClanahan have produced a gem of a book that will enable Americans to rediscover the true meaning of conservatism as neither the vulgar, false ideology as expressed by the Left, nor the equally false definition of it as espoused by the 'former' Trotskyites known as 'neoconservatives.'"
-Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo, author, The Real Lincoln and How Capitalism Saved America

Sixteen thought-provoking profiles of important but forgotten or misinterpreted American conservatives serve as a guide to first American principles. The men profiled here are the shoulders upon which American conservatism was built. These conservatives provide the prescription to cure political and societal ills, a prescription based on the independent spirit of the founding and a reverence for the preservation of constitutionalism and federalism. American conservatism is by nature decentralist and organic, but one theme unifies these men regardless of section, occupation, or origin: they were all more Jeffersonian than Hamiltonian in their worldview. From the political philosophies of two of America's greatest political thinkers, John Taylor and John C. Calhoun, to the perceptive and hard-hitting prose of William Graham Sumner and H. L. Mencken to the homespun republicanism of William Faulkner and James Jackson, this book brings the "Conservative Mind" home to America. Every American who believes in "American" conservatism should read it, digest it, and, most importantly, embrace it.

Brion McClanahan holds a PhD in American history from the University of South Carolina and is the author of The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution. He has lectured across the southeast on American history and the founding tradition of the United States.

Clyde N. Wilson has dedicated his life to educating and writing about American history. He is a contributing editor of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture and founder of the Stephen D. Lee Institute. His published works include From Union to Empire: Essays in the Jeffersonian Tradition and The Essential Calhoun.