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William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [ 1 ] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [ 2 ]
Prior to becoming a novel writer, Buckley was an editor Rough Guides. [2] Buckley has written a dozen novels and is a regular contributor to publications like The Times Literary Supplement. [1] He has been a Fellow at the Royal Literary Fund since 2003. [3] In 2015, Buckley won the BBC National Short Story Award for his story Briar Road. [4]
Odyssey of a Friend: Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William F. Buckley Jr. 1954–1961. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1969. ISBN 9780895267887. The Governor Listeth. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1970. ISBN 9780425020241. Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?: American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century.
Quite the opposite happened, as Buckley used it as a launching pad into the public eye. Buckley himself credited the attention his book received to its introduction, written by John Chamberlain, saying that it "chang[ed] the course of his life" and that the famous Life editorial writer had acted out of "reckless generosity". [3]
Buckley was the fourth of 10 children of a millionaire oilman and older brother of conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr., who died in February 2008. He was the last survivor of the 10 ...
Christopher Taylor Buckley (born September 28, 1952) [1] is an American author and political satirist. He also served as chief speechwriter to Vice President George H. W. Bush .
Boomsday, a 2007 novel by Christopher Buckley, is a political satire about the rivalry between squandering Baby Boomers and younger generations of Americans who do not want to pay high taxes for their elders' retirement.
The Conscience of a Conservative is a 1960 book published under the name of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater who was the 1964 Republican presidential candidate. It helped revive the American conservative movement and make Goldwater a political star, and it has influenced countless conservatives in the United States, helping to lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s.