I was a disgruntled ex-Libertarian Party member when I got drawn into a Republican campaign, still skeptical and wary about the party--I started there out of loyalty to a candidate for convention delegate I personally knew. (I mean I came from a working-class Puerto Rican Democratic family--what do you expect? Republicans all had horns and cloven feet! I knew it!). So... several people in that campaign became family, and one of them gave me this as a gift at the end of the campaign as a sort of a "welcome home" gift. As such I admit I view this book through a nostalgic haze, and wouldn't dream of ever getting rid of it. Especially since that friend is no longer with us.

I didn't find it very deep, but I did find it entertaining and engaging and full of little anecdotes. Not the ultimate party history or very scholarly no--but fun. At least if the very word "Republican" doesn't make you hiss and spit. ( )

Weak, and not out of date history of the GOP.