William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925–2008)
Autore di God and Man at Yale
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Editor and writer William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in New York City on November 24, 1925. While at Yale University, he studied political science, history and economics and graduated with honors. In 1955, he founded the weekly journal National Review where he was editor in chief. He began his mostra altro syndicated newspaper column in 1962 and his weekly television discussion program, Firing Line was syndicated in 1966. Buckley wrote "God and Man at Yale" (1951) which was an indictment of liberal education in the United States, "Up from Liberalism" (1959), "The Unmaking of a Mayor" (1966), which tells of his unsuccessful mayoral campaign as the Conservative Party candidate for New York City in 1965, and "Quotations from Chairman Bill" (1970). Buckley also wrote best selling stories of international intrigue whose titles include "Saving the Queen" (1976), "Stained Glass" (1978), "Who's on First" (1980), "Marco Polo, If You Can" (1981), and "See You Later, Alligator" (1985). He died on February 27, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di William F. Buckley, Jr.
Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches with New Commentary by the Author (2000) 141 copie
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? American Conservative Thought in the Twentieth Century (1970) — A cura di — 82 copie
Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus (2010) 61 copie
The committee and its critics; a calm review of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1962) 21 copie
The Ivory Tower the Early Years: The Complete National Review Writings of William F. Buckley Jr. (2013) 6 copie
Mickey Is Sixty ! Special Commemorative Edition Magazine ( Mickey Mouse on Cvr drawn by Andy Warhol ) 1988, The Mouse… (1988) 4 copie
The Blackford Oakes Mysteries Volume One: Saving the Queen, Stained Glass, and Who's On First (2018) 3 copie
Firing Line 2 copie
Southern Educational Communications Association,, (Columbia, South Carolina):, 1977. First edition. BORGES, Jorge Luis.… (1977) 1 copia
National Review 1 copia
Relaxing with National Review 1 copia
Crisis in Space 1 copia
How to Speak the Lord's Language 1 copia
El vitral 1 copia
Death of a teacher 1 copia
Opere correlate
This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women (2006) — Collaboratore — 1,092 copie
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Collaboratore — 429 copie
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (2002) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 409 copie
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan (1995) — Moderator — 250 copie
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Collaboratore — 77 copie
Leftism Revisited: From De Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot (1990) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 75 copie
The Quotable Paul Johnson: A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire (1994) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 50 copie
American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate and Beyond (2007) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 48 copie
What Is Conservatism?: A New Edition of the Classic by 12 Leading Conservatives (1964) — Collaboratore — 45 copie
Seeing Through the Eye: Malcolm Muggeridge on Faith (2005) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 29 copie
Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul (2002) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Ten Years of the Claremont Review of Books (2012) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Titanic Adventure: One Woman's True Life Voyage Down to the Legendary Ocean Liner (1998) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 9 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Buckley, William F., Jr.
- Nome legale
- Buckley, William Frank, Jr
- Data di nascita
- 1925-11-24
- Data di morte
- 2008-02-27
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Saint Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Connecticut, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Stamford, Connecticut, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Mexico
Sharon, Connecticut, USA
Paris, France
London, England, UK
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Istruzione
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (1943)
Yale College (B.A. ∙ 1950) - Attività lavorative
- editor
publisher
novelist
columnist
television host
lecturer (mostra tutto 9)
CIA agent
second lieutenant (U.S. Army)
mayoral candidate - Relazioni
- Buckley, Christopher (son)
Buckley, James L. (brother)
Heath, Aloise Buckley (sister)
Buckley, Fergus Reid (brother)
Buckley, Priscilla L. (sister)
Bozell, L. Brent (brother-in-law) (mostra tutto 15)
Nabokov, Vladimir (friend)
Buckley, Pat (sister)
Chambers, Whittaker (friend)
Casey, William J. (friend)
Horne, Alistair (friend)
Lowenstein, Allard K. (friend)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (friend)
McGovern, George (friend)
Buckley, Patricia (wife) - Organizzazioni
- National Review (Founder)
United States Army (2nd Lieutenant)
Public Broadcasting Service
Universal Press Syndicate (columnist)
United Nations
Starr Broadcasting Group, Inc. (mostra tutto 15)
Knights of Malta
Young Americans for Freedom
Council on Foreign Relations
Conservative Party of New York
Central Intelligence Agency
New York Yacht Club
Mont Pelerin Society
Skull and Bones
Philadelphia Society - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1991)
Gold Medal Award, National Institute of Social Sciences (1992)
Julius Award, University of Southern California (1990)
Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award (1989)
Shelby Cullom Davis Award (1986)
Lincoln Literary Award, Union League (1985) (mostra tutto 19)
Creative Leadership Award, New York University (1981)
Carmel Award, American Friends of Haifa University (1980)
Americanism Award, Young Republican National Federation (1979)
Bellarmine Medal (1977)
Sigma Delta Chi (1976)
Cleveland Amory Award, TV Guide (1974)
Man of the Decade Award, Young Americans for Freedom (1970)
Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (1969)
Liberty Bell Award, New Haven County Bar Association (1969)
Distinguished Achievement Award in Journalism, University of Southern California (1968)
Best Columnist of the Year (1967)
Freedom Award, Order of Lafayette (1966)
National Book Award (1980)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 103
- Opere correlate
- 30
- Utenti
- 8,604
- Popolarità
- #2,797
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 92
- ISBN
- 391
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 27