Publisher's Synopsis
In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than fifty years, youll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of ten children; Buckley the political enfant terrible, whose debut book, God and Man at Yale, was a New York Times best-seller; Buckley the editor of National Review, hailed as the founder of the modern conservative movement; Buckley the family man; Buckley the spy and novelist of spies; and Buckley the bon vivant. Youll also meet Buckleys friends: Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Clare Boothe Luce, Tom Wolfe, David Niven, and many others.
