William F. Buckley, Jr. Patron Saint of the Conservatives

by Judis, John B.

• ISBN13: 9780743217972
• ISBN10: 0743217977
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-29
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Possibly more relevant now than ever before, John B. Judis' William F. Buckley, Jr follows the life and times of the "Patron Saint of Conservatives."

From Simon & Schuster comes the definitive biography of William F. Buckley, Jr., the "Patron Saint of Conservatives," by journalist and writer John B. Judis. Get your copy of William F. Buckley Jr. today.

Author Biography

John B. Judis is an author and journalist from Chicago, Illinois. He is an editor at Talking Points Memo.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 11
The Enfant Terrible	p. 15
The Counterrevolutionary	p. 17
The Young Mahster	p. 35
A Pleasing Vanity	p. 52
Into the Limelight	p. 66
A Fiery Cross on a Hillside	p. 82
The Editor in Chief	p. 99
McCarthy and His Friends	p. 101
The Ins and the Outs	p. 113
Standing Athwart History	p. 132
The Eisenhower Axioms	p. 143
The Two Lighthouses	p. 159
The Public Man	p. 181
Mater Si, Magistra No	p. 183
The Big Book	p. 201
The Boarding Party	p. 220
Demand a Recount	p. 235
The Establishment Conservative	p. 261
An Exhilarating Time	p. 263
The Most Right, Viable Candidate	p. 277
Verbal Soporifics	p. 297
The Shock of Rejection	p. 317
The Manhattan Twelve	p. 328
Weak and Devious Men	p. 343
The Celebrity	p. 365
Squire Willy	p. 367
A Dirty Business	p. 392
The Ventriloquist	p. 413
A Special Relationship	p. 427
Permanent Things	p. 444
Epilogue	p. 469
Notes	p. 473
Bibliography	p. 499
Acknowledgments	p. 505
Index	p. 507
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