His many books, which earned him a reputation as one of the preeminent American conservative intellectuals of the second half of the century, include The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Santayana (1953; 7th ed., 1986), considered a major

Works by Benjamin Franklin Dictionary of American Literary Characters Experiments in Electricity The Papers of Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac The Way to Wealth Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion Bagatelles from Passy Cool Thoughts on The Present Situation of Our Public Affairs

work in modern conservative thought; A Program for Conservatives (1954); Eliot and His Age (1971); and The Roots of American Order (1974). He edited The Portable Conservative Reader (1982), and also wrote several fantasy novels and story collections.

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