Book is signed to by author as seen in picture and addressed to a person. For this reason I marked as very good instead of like new - the book itself is just like new with exception of the signature which in my mind is a plus. A seminal treatise on liberty in the tradition of Madison and Jefferson. Nation of Cowards is about the constant struggle between individual rights and the inherent, incremental tyranny of government. The book is written in language so eloquently simple that even a youngster can understand it. What author Jeff Snyder says will forever change the way you view the citizen/government equation. It's about the difference between free people and people who- with the grudging permission of their government- proudly possess a symbol of freedom, yet remain utterly ignorant as to the reality of their circumstances. Snyder's book is not about crime, but about the ethics of our response to crime.