Don Hauptman.  1991.  Acknowledgments page.

ACRONYMANIA

Don Hauptman.  1993.  Acknowledgments page.

GREENSPAN:  THE MAN BEHIND MONEY

Justin Martin.  2001.  Pages xii and 261.

“Fred Cookinham’s Ayn Rand-themed walking tours of New York City provided an invaluable window into the author’s life and times.”

FALLINGWATER RISING:  FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, E. J. KAUFMANN, AND AMERICA’S MOST EXTRAORDINARY HOUSE

Franklin Toker.  2003.  Page 448.

GODDESS OF THE MARKET:  AYN RAND AND THE AMERICAN RIGHT

Jennifer Burns.  2009.  Page 350.

AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE

Anne C. Heller.  2009. Pages  443, 448, 513, 522-3.

AYN RAND NATION:  THE HIDDEN STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA’S SOUL

Gary Weiss.  2012.  Pages 26-35, 50, 267, 270, 282.

Frederick Cookinham’s THE AGE OF RAND is “rambling but intriguing…thoughtful…amusing…skeptical…far from hero-worshiping.”

“He is a knowledgable and suave tour guide, and his tours are a useful introduction to Ayn Rand.”

FATLASH!  FOOD POLICE AND THE FEAR OF THIN

Karen Kataline.  2012.  Acknowledgments page.  PS:  I am “Glen” in Karen’s book.

PLEASE GO BACK TO HOME PAGE AND CLICK ON EACH TOUR’S ICON FOR DESCRIPTION, AND DATE, TIME AND PLACE , OF EACH TOUR.

I’VE DECIDED NOT TO POST UPCOMING TOURS HERE — TOO CONFUSING –JUST GO TO EACH TOUR’S ICON FOR DATES.  MOVE BETWEEN PAGES BY CLICKING ON THE ARROW AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF EACH PAGE — YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE ARROW.  

FRED’S CONTACT INFORMATION IS UNDER “YOUR TOUR GUIDE.”

DECEMBER 29, 2012:

TO MOVE BETWEEN PAGES ON THIS WEBSITE, CLICK ON THE ARROW AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF EACH PAGE.  YOU MUST SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE ARROW.

MY TOUR DATES FOR 2013 ARE NOW POSTED UNDER EACH TOUR ICON.  I WILL BE OFFERING MY “ATLAS SHRUGGED” TOUR ON SOME SATURDAYS THIS WINTER AT 11:00 A.M. — THAT’S A FIRST.

I HAVE BEEN INVITED BACK TO SPEAK AT FREEDOM FEST IN JULY IN LAS VEGAS.

I EXPECT TO ONCE AGAIN OFFER MY “TEA PARTY” TOUR  IN APRIL, AND MY “EVACUATION DAY” TOUR IN NOVEMBER, BOTH SPONSORED BY FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM.  DID YOU KNOW THAT NEW YORK HAD A TEA PARTY TOO?  WHY SHOULD BOSTON HAVE ALL THE FUN?

KAREN KATALINE HAS PUBLISHED HER LONG-AWAITED MEMOIR “FATLASH!  FOOD POLICE AND THE FEAR OF THIN”.  SHE TELLS OF HOW HER THERAPIST AND HER BOYFRIEND HELPED HER, THIRTY YEARS AGO, TO DEAL WITH THE TERRIFYING MEMORIES FROM HER CHILDHOOD SPENT UNDER A PUSHY, WEIGHT-OBSESSED MOTHER.  I WAS “GLEN”, THE BOYFRIEND.  www.fatlash.com.

New York’s Tea Party of 1774

Sponsored by Fraunces Tavern Museum. Contrary to popular belief, Boston was not the only colonial city to have its own ‘tea party’ in revolutionary times. Many seaport cities, including New York, had their own versions, albeit on smaller scales. Join licensed New York City Tour Guide, Fred Cookinham, to envision New York’s 1774 waterfront and discover why the city was so late in the game to revel in patriotic spirit.

Contact Fraunces Tavern Museum for meeting place and price. Reservations necessary.

http://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/

90 minute tour, starts at 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

DATE:  Saturday, April 20, 2013

Sponsored by Fraunces Tavern Museum. November 25, 1783 was the day the British pulled out of New York City and the War for Independence was over.

Where: Contact Fraunces Tavern Museum for meeting place and price. Reservations necessary.

90 minute tour, starts at 11:00 AM

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

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.

He is the author of THE AGE OF RAND: IMAGINING AN OBJECTIVIST FUTURE WORLD, available from www.amazon.com.

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

“The tour was super fantastic…erudite and passionate guide…” —www.TinkertyTonk/OpenHouseNewYork/day2.com

“Lively…extraordinarily educational.”—DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

“Fred is a kind of poet and street professor….”—Anne Heller, NEW YORK OBSERVER, 2-9-04.  (Anne C. Heller is the author of AYN RAND AND THE WORLD SHE MADE.)

“The trivia spat out fast as tickertape. …inserts whole dates into his sentences.” — Laurie Gwen Shapiro, GRAND STREET NEWS.

“Fred is a knowledgeable and suave tour guide and his tours are a useful introduction to Ayn Rand.” —Gary Weiss, author of AYN RAND NATION

Call 718-397-9019 (Home)  917-607-9019 (cell)   fcookinham@juno.com for information or to arrange private tours.

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

Frederick Cookinham is the author of THE AGE OF RAND: IMAGINING AN OBJECTIVIST FUTURE WORLD, available from www.amazon.com.

An observer of the Objectivist and Libertarian movements for forty-four years, Frederick Cookinham has written for several movement magazines.

“Creative and thought provoking.”
-Amazon reviewer

“Refreshing, insightful look at Ayn Rand and the Objectivists.”
-Amazon reviewer

“Objective Objectivism.”
-Amazon reviewer

“Rambling but intriguing…. It’s a thoughtful book, at times amusing…and is far from hero-worshiping when it comes to Rand herself.” Gary Weiss, author of AYN RAND NATION

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Interview with Frederick Cookinham, author of The Age of Rand

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NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO’S Margot Adler’s piece on Frederick Cookinham’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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Taverns, riots, spies, conspiracies in the midst of the transition of power from King to mob to Congress: little-known sites. The Washingtons of Cherry Street.

Where: Meet at Fraunces Tavern, Pearl St. at Broad St., downtown. Whitehall N and R subway stop.

Two and 1/2 hour tour, starts at 11:00 AM

Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19

Saturday and Sunday, June 29 and 30

Madison Square tour—FREE to the public—sponsored by the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership.

Where: Meet at the statue of William H. Seward at the southwest corner of the park, at Broadway and 23rd Street.

90 minute tour, starts at 11:00

Sunday,

January 20

February 3, 24

March 17, 31

April 14

May 12

June 9

July 7

August 4

September 1, 29

October 27

December 22

A place of history, political expression, art, and theater as well as, four days a week, a farmer’s market where restaurant chefs go to procure fresh produce.

Where: Meet on the northeast corner of Park Avenue South and East 17th Street. Union Square 14th St. 4, 5, 6, N and R subway stops.

90 minute tour

Available on request