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A Man and His Presidents
- Author
- Alvin S. Felzenberg
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 2 May 2017
- Run Time
- 17 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley’s career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendship with both Ronald and Nancy Reagan, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.
Felzenberg demonstrates how Buckley conveyed his message across multiple platforms and drew upon his vast network of contacts, his personal charm, his extraordinary wit, and his celebrity status to move the center of political gravity in the United States closer to his point of view. Including many rarely seen photographs, this account of one of the most compelling personalities of American politics will appeal to conservatives, liberals, and even the apolitical.
Critics Review
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“Felzenberg’s fascinating tour de force of research comes at the perfect time in American history, providing a sharp understanding of the continuing attraction of a key figure shaping our politics today.”
Cokie Roberts, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“A brisk, groundbreaking examination of Buckley’s history-shaping role as a…political operative.”
George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize–winning political commentator
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“Gracefully written and informative…The passages that provide the most illumination are those in which Felzenberg highlights what Buckley himself described as his greatest achievement: purging the conservative movement of ‘extremists, bigots, kooks, anti-Semites and racists’…[Felzenberg]has produced an accomplished and admiring biography that paints a portrait of a man toiling joyfully to define and elevate a political movement.”
New York Times Book Review
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“A well-delineated portrait of an impassioned conservative.”
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“History comes alive as this lively and important book takes us on a trip covering Bill Buckley’s views of twentieth-century presidents.”
George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State
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“Here is the political Buckley, a revelation of range and influence, wit, friendship, inexhaustible letter writing, and a subtle evolution of views. As always with Buckley, love of the language came first.”
James K. Galbraith, author of Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice
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Details
- Author
- Alvin S. Felzenberg
- Narrator
- Jim Meskimen
- Duration
- 17 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 May 2017
- ISBN
- 9781538415221
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, History of the Americas, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies
Synopsis
William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley’s career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendship with both Ronald and Nancy Reagan, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.Felzenberg demonstrates how Buckley conveyed his message across multiple platforms and drew upon his vast network of contacts, his personal charm, his extraordinary wit, and his celebrity status to move the center of political gravity in the United States closer to his point of view. Including many rarely seen photographs, this account of one of the most compelling personalities of American politics will appeal to conservatives, liberals, and even the apolitical.
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