Garet Garrett

Born in 1878 and dying in 1954, Garet Garrett was an American journalist, editorial writer, and novelist whose career moved between financial reporting, political commentary, and fiction. He wrote for major publications including The Saturday Evening Post, and he became known for clear, forceful prose on economics, government, and public life.

Garrett also published novels, with The Driver often remembered as one of his best-known works. Later in life he became especially associated with a strongly anti-New Deal, anti-imperialist, and Old Right perspective, arguing that expanding federal power and foreign intervention were changing the character of the United States.

Readers come to Garrett for more than historical curiosity. His writing has a brisk, confident style and a habit of turning political and economic arguments into vivid, readable prose, which helps explain why his essays and books continue to be rediscovered.