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Twenty-three walking tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn, five on New York in the American Revolution, and five on Ayn Rand's New York. Private and group tours are available as well as public tours.

 

I AM OFFERING A FULL SCHEDULE OF TOURS BEGINNING January 6, 2024.  MASKS AND SIX FEET OF DISTANCE ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED. YAY! WALKING TOURS ARE AMONG THE SAFEST FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT! GOOD EXERCISE, TOO!

 

Types of Tours 

 • Revolutionary Manhattan

 • Ayn Rand's New York

 • Stories of New York

 • Tours Available Upon Request

 

All scheduled tours are $20, $15 for those over 65, except where noted.  Unscheduled/private tours are available for $30 a person; just contact Fred. Tours begin at 11 a.m., except where noted.

 

Email fcookinham@juno.com to arrange unscheduled/private tours or for additional information.

 

Your Tour Guide

Frederick Cookinham

Frederick Cookinham

Photo Credit by Marvin Emerson

 

Frederick Cookinham, licensed New York City tour guide, earned his Bachelor’s Degree in American History at Cortland State College in 1976, and his Master’s at Brooklyn College in 1987. Fred has led tours for the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Prof. Kenneth Jackson’s class at Columbia U., the New-York Historical Society, the Art Deco Society of New York, the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, the Princeton Club, three book clubs, the Mont Pelerin Society of international economists, Fraunces Tavern® Museum, and Grayline.

 

Fred on Corner

Fred on Corner

Photo by Marvin Emerson

 

He is the author of THE AGE OF RAND: IMAGINING AN OBJECTIVIST FUTURE WORLD and MAN IN THE PLACE OF THE GODS:  WHAT CITIES MEAN, both published by iUniverse and available from www.amazon.com. His next book, BOND, SPOCK, GALT AND ME: GROWING UP NERD IN THE SIXTIES, is available for free on request, as an attachment. Email Fred at fcookinham@juno.com and ye shall receive. Likewise his books THE COOKINHAMS OF UTICA, THE JOURNEY OF DAGNY TAGGART: A COMMENTARY ON AYN RAND'S ATLAS SHRUGGED, and his science fiction novel THE CAPSTONE.

 

THE AGE OF RAND:  IMAGINING AN OBJECTIVIST FUTURE WORLD, available from www.amazon.com.   See five reviews–four of them favorable–at Amazon website.

 Interview with Frederick Cookinham, author of The Age of Rand

 

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO’S MARGOT ADLER’S PIECE ON FRED’S AYN RAND TOURS ON “ALL THINGS CONSIDERED”!……….

http://www.npr.org/2011/04/26/135735227/ayn-rands-new-york-toured-via-atlas-shrugged

 

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