Adventures of Jonathan Gullible

By Ken Schoolland

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Paperback

Product Author
Ken Schoolland
ISBN-13
978-0-9749694-6-6
Publisher
Small Business Hawaii
Publication Date
2011
Item Number
401SP0151

The “Commentary Edition” of the popular Adventures of Jonathan Gullible book is intended to increase its educational value. Each chapter of the original story is followed by commentaries to clarify the gist of each issue and further develop the lessons to be learned. Recommendations of books and web sites for further research and suggested questions for group discussions have also been added. This edition is great for individual or classroom use. The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible proved so popular that it has been translated into Dutch, Lithuanian, Romanian, Russian and Serbian. It has been praised by friends of freedom across the United States and Europe. In the book, Jonathan Gullible, a boy old enough to sail a small boat on his own, is swept by a storm to a strange island. He has 39 adventures discovering a bizarre world where people have abandoned personal responsibility, and politicians scramble to control a crooked government whose bureaucrats tell everyone what to do. It’s a world of Food Police, a Dream Machine, Master Politician, Bureau of Idea Control, Immorals Department, a Bazaar of Governments, Pavilion of Special Interests and a Democracy Gang, among other attractions. With a sly sense of humor recalling witty satires of the great Frederic Bastiat, Schoolland exposes the idiocy of protectionism, inflation, welfare, rent control, occupational licensing, taxes and other forms of government intervention. For example, a young woman explained zoning to Jonathan: “The Council draws lines on a map of the town. People are allowed to sleep on one side of the line at night, but they must work on the other side during the day… usually work buildings are located across town from sleep buildings so that everyone needs to travel a long way every morning and evening.”

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1 review for Adventures of Jonathan Gullible

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    One of the first libertarian books I ever read and still one of my favorites to this day. Mr. Schoolland has created the best introduction to liberty for young readers I have ever read and I highly recommend that everyone get a copy of this book on their shelves!

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