A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.57 (864 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1101906219 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Buckley was both an ideological warrior and a bon vivant with a talent for friendship. Buckley’s finest book ever.”—Christopher Buckley "William F. – a figure who indisputably deserves to be counted among them."—Jonah Goldberg, author, columnist and senior editor, National Review "William F. In editing this anthology, Rosen has guaranteed it will be kept lit for the next generation.”—National Review Online “William F. Will "Compiling the best eulogies written by William F. Rosen appends his own nicely measured introduction Mr. "Mr. He understood that a well-lived life should be simultaneously serious and fun, and that a death calls for a summing up, both measured and elegant. was a master of many things. T
in 1955 and is based in New York City. Rosen’s articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Review, and Playboy, among many other periodicals. It is America’s most widely read and influential magazine and website for conservative news, commentary, and opinion. As chief Washington correspondent for Fox
Buckley's finest book ever Guitarman As noted by Christopher Buckley on the dust jacket, "I do not exaggerate to propose that this may prove to be William F. Buckley's finest book ever." A nice tribute to its editor, James Rosen, who selected from voluminous material vignettes and commentary -- some eulogizing the departed, some not -- by one of the great wordsmith's of the 20th century. Rosen's deft touch adds just enough context to remind the reader of. A Nostalgic Journey--Perhaps Too Nostalgic Charles Of late, I have noticed much creeping, or rather galloping, nostalgia among National Review-type conservatives. Such nostalgia is doubtless a reaction to the current Trumpian trials of High Conservatism, whose leading lights must feel much like the characters in Toy Story 3, holding hands as they are fed into a fiery furnace. (The Toy Story characters survive, which probably distinguishes them from today’s leade. Wonderful book. We need a WFB today Wonderful book. We need a WFB today.
remembers—as only he could—the towering figures of the twentieth century in a brilliant and emotionally powerful collection, compiled by acclaimed Fox News correspondent James Rosen.In a half century on the national stage, William F. Buckley, Jr. He kept company with the best and brightest, the sultry and powerful. A Torch Kept Lit presents more than fifty of Buckley’s best eulogies, drawing on his personal memories and private correspondences and using a novelist’s touch to conjure his subjects as he knew them. Buckley, Jr. is back—just when we need him most.. Ronald Reagan pronounced WFB “perhaps the most influential journalist and intellectual in our era,” and his jet-setting life was a who’s who of high society, fame, and fortune. We are reintroduced, through Buckley’s eyes, to the likes of Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan, Elvis Presley and John Lenn