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	'''Jerome Joseph Tuccille''' (May 30, 1937—February 16, 2017) is best known among libertarians as the author of the 1971 book ''[[It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand]]'', a humorous romp through the early libertarian movement with characters and their views exaggerated for comedic effect. He is also the author of the 1970 book ''Radical Libertarianism'', and along with [[Murray Rothbard]] helped select the books reprinted in the Arno Press [[Right Wing Individualist Tradition in America]] series.		'''Jerome Joseph Tuccille''' (May 30, 1937—February 16, 2017) was a libertarian author and candidate. He was best known among libertarians as the author of the 1971 book ''[[It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand]]'', a humorous romp through the early libertarian movement with characters and their views exaggerated for comedic effect. He is also the author of the 1970 book ''Radical Libertarianism'', and along with [[Murray Rothbard]] helped select the books reprinted in the Arno Press [[Right Wing Individualist Tradition in America]] series.

	In 1974 he ran as the [[Free Libertarian Party of New York]] candidate for governor. Mr. Tuccille, when he ran for Governor, enrolled "advance" workers from the LP's Manhattan campaign headquarters, and those workers accompanied him to a few community centers, where he was usually the only gubernatorial candidate to address the assembled citizens. He was the first third-party candidate in NY history to run television ads. He received the endorsement of [[George F Will]] and also got an article in Newsweek.		In 1974 he ran as the [[Free Libertarian Party of New York]] candidate for governor. Mr. Tuccille, when he ran for Governor, enrolled "advance" workers from the LP's Manhattan campaign headquarters, and those workers accompanied him to a few community centers, where he was usually the only gubernatorial candidate to address the assembled citizens. He was the first third-party candidate in NY history to run television ads. He received the endorsement of [[George F Will]] and also got an article in Newsweek.