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Richard Cummings is an author, playwright, theorist and critic. He is the author of the comedy Soccer Moms From Hell and the biography of Allard Lowernsein, The Pied Piper - Allard Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream, which discloses Lowenstein's work for the CIA. His one act play Play On Words or the War Will Be Over Soon was selected by Edward Albee's Playwrights Unit to be performed under the direction of John Lithgow and he is an alumnus of The Lark. He is a contributing editor of The American Conservative and a columnist for Lewrockwell.com. Richard Cummings: Archives He produced and moderated his public service radio program, "Free Speech," and also produced and directed a film on the life and work of the Spanish artist, Esteban Vicente.

Cummings is also a contributor to the Underground Alliance's Special Reports which published his article, "The Fiction of the State". mr-cummings-52305 The article appeared in a print version in the British publication, "Lobster."His article "Lockheed Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" for Playboy.com is an analysis of how America's largest defense contractor drove the policy that led to the Iraq war. Playboy.com - Playboy Magazine - Lockheed Martin - Defense Contractors

He is a member of PEN America Center and the Authors League, and the Deadkube Club, which is housed in the National Arts Club. A poet, his work has appeared in numerous publications. Educated at Princeton, where he won the Buchanan Prize in Politics, and Columbia Law School, where is was on the Law Review and was a Kent Scholar, he also holds an M. Litt and the Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge, where he taught Jurisprudence at St. Catherine's College and was at Jesus College. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Pitt Club. Richard Cummings also edited Max Lerner's Nine Scorpions In a Bottle, for which he wrote the introduction.

He also wrote The Immortalists, a novel, and the thriller The Prince Must Die under his pen name, Gower Leconfield. His column "Politics In Perspective" ran in the East Hampton Star for seven years. He taught at the Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa and served as the Editor of the Journal of Ethiopian Law, and the University of the West Indies in Barbados. He has also served as legal advisor for environmental affairs to Assemblyman Perry Duryea, Speaker of the New York State Assembly and later, Minority Leader, and as Director of Natural Resources for the Town of East Hampton, was a founder of The Group for America's South Fork, and authored the Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Law.

While a professor at the University of Louisville School of Law, he served as a legal advisor to the Rev. A.D. Williams King, Martin Luther King's brother. He was a delegate to the Democratic convention that nominated George McGovern, serving on the Credentials Committee as well. He was a Democratic candidate for the Suffolk County legislature. He is married to the writer Mary Cummings, and is the father of the filmmakers, Benjamin and Orson Cummings. See Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law.
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Total Books: 25
Prayers of an Igbo Rabbi
2011 - Prayers of an Igbo Rabbi (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781937622039
ISBN-10: 1937622037
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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101 Hand Puppets  A Beginner's Guide to Puppeteering
2002 - 101 Hand Puppets a Beginner's Guide to Puppeteering (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780486423159
ISBN-10: 0486423158
Genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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1996 - To the Glory of God [Feather Books Poetry S.] (Paperback)
101 Costumes For All Ages All Occasions
1987 - 101 Costumes for All Ages All Occasions (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780823802869
ISBN-10: 0823802868
Genres: Arts & Photography, Children's Books
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Make Your Own Robots
1985 - Make Your Own Robots (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780679206866
ISBN-10: 0679206868
Genres: Children's Books, Engineering & Transportation
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MAKE YOUR OWN COMICS
1985 - Make Your Own Comics (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780679512080
ISBN-10: 067951208X
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Pied Piper Allard K Lowenstein  the Liberal Dream
1985 - Pied Piper Allard K Lowenstein the Liberal Dream (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780967351414
ISBN-10: 0967351413
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The Pied Piper Allard K Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream
1985 - The Pied Piper Allard K Lowenstein and the Liberal Dream (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780394538488
ISBN-10: 039453848X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction
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Be Your Own Detective
1980 - Be Your Own Detective (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780679206828
ISBN-10: 0679206825
Genre: Nonfiction
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Make your own alternative energy
1979 - Make Your Own Alternative Energy (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780679208044
ISBN-10: 0679208046
Genre: Children's Books
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Make Your Own Forts
1977 - Make Your Own Forts (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780679204008
ISBN-10: 0679204008
Genre: History
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Contemporary Selling
Contemporary Selling (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780155137103
ISBN-10: 0155137107
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Proposition Fourteen Secessionist Remedy
Proposition Fourteen Secessionist Remedy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780394178905
ISBN-10: 0394178904
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Make your own dollhouses
Make Your Own Dollhouses (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780679204398
ISBN-10: 0679204393
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Fun with monsters Create your own makeup masks and props
Fun with Monsters Create Your Own Makeup Masks and Props (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780679206286
ISBN-10: 0679206280
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Make Your Own Comics for Fun and Profit
Make Your Own Comics for Fun and Profit (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780809839292
ISBN-10: 0809839296
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Simple Makeup for Young Actors
Simple Makeup for Young Actors (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780823802906
ISBN-10: 0823802906
Genres: Arts & Photography, Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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Proposition Fourteen A Secessionist Remedy
Proposition Fourteen a Secessionist Remedy (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780932966094
ISBN-10: 0932966098
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The Immortalists
The Immortalists (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781588640109
ISBN-10: 1588640108
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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