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"David Lefer's narrative is readable, engrossing, and fair-minded, and it presents an aspect of America's origins that enriches our understanding of the nation's past and of its present."
--JAMES FALLOWS "David Lefer has done a wonderful service by focusing attention on the conservatives among our founders, such as John Dickinson. In doing so, he shows that American conservatism has deep historical roots and that some of today's ideological disputes were being waged in the early days of our republic. The lessons he draws are relevant not just to conservatives but to all Americans."
--WALTER ISAACSON, author of "Steve Jobs "and "Benjamin Franklin" "David Lefer's "The Founding Conservatives "is a tirelessly researched and superbly writ-ten account of how America's first conservatives endowed our revolution with ballast and vision, often in surprising ways that resonate to this day. A timely reminder that extremism in the defense of liberty is no virtue, moderation in the pursuit of justice no vice."
--KEVIN BAKER, author of "America: The Story of Us" "David Lefer has done a civic service in unearthing a largely forgotten group of revolutionary patriots who not only played key roles in achieving American inde-pendence but, in advance of Burke and the French Revolution, laid the groundwork for a distinctively New World version of conservatism."
--FRED SIEGEL, author of "The Prince of the City; "senior fellow, Manhattan Institute "This lively, erudite book frees the founders from currently popular anachronistic categorizations and in the process provides a fresh new perspective on American conservatism. That there is something in this book to annoy just about everyone is its great and inestimable virtue."
--SUSAN JACOBY, author of "Freethinkers" "As a historian, David Lefer is a terrific storyteller. "The Founding Conservatives "takes us on a fun and unique ride through the birth of the United States while build
