It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand

It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand is a satirical memoir by American libertarian political activist Jerome Tuccille. It was first published by Stein and Day in 1971. The title refers to novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, whose work introduced Tuccille and other activists to libertarian ideas.^[1]

It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand

Cover of the first edition
Author	Jerome Tuccille
Language	English
Subject	Libertarianism
Publisher	Stein and Day
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	192
ISBN	0-8128-1402-9

In a review of the literature about Rand, literary scholar Mimi Reisel Gladstein complimented Tuccille for his humor, especially in his satire of Rand's followers in the Objectivist movement. She also said that most of the book is not about Rand and instead focuses on other areas of right-wing politics.^[2] Roy Childs reviewed the book in Reason.^[3] Martin Morse Wooster did a retrospective on it in The American Enterprise.^[4]