{"product_id":"athwart-history-half-a-century-of-polemics-animadversions-and-illuminations-a-william-f-buckley-jr-omnibus-paperback","title":"Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F Buckley Jr. Omnibus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam F. Buckley  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLinda Bridges\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRoger Kimball\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor most of the last century, William F. Buckley Jr. was the leading figure in the conservative movement in America. The magazine he founded in 1955, \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, brought together writers representing every strand of conservative thought, and refined those ideas over the decades that followed. Buckley's own writings were a significant part of this development. He was not a theoretician but a popularizer, someone who could bring conservative ideas to a vast audience through dazzling writing and lively wit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCulled from millions of published words spanning nearly sixty years, \u003ci\u003eAthwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations\u003c\/i\u003e offers Buckley's commentary on the American and international scenes, in areas ranging from Kremlinology to rock music. The subjects are widely varied, but there are common threads linking them all: a love for the Western tradition and its American manifestation; the belief that human beings thrive best in a free society; the conviction that such a society is worth defending at all costs; and an appreciation for the quirky individuality that free people inevitably develop. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Buckley Jr.: William F. Buckley Jr. is the author of fifty previous works of fiction and nonfiction. The founder and former editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e and former host of \"Firing Line,\" he has been one of the intellectual leaders of the right since the 1950s. His syndicated column, \"On the Right,\" began in 1962 and appears in newspapers around the country. He served as a CIA agent in the early 1950s, helped found the Young Americans for Freedom in 1960, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H.W. Bush in 1991. An avid sailor and harpsichordist, he lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and New York City. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLinda Bridges was hired by William F. Buckley Jr. for the editorial department of \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e in 1969, and served as his literary assistant for the last five years of his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger Kimball is co-editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e and president and publisher of Encounter Books. He is also an art critic for the London \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e and a regular columnist for Pajamas Media. Among his other books are \u003ci\u003eArt's Prospect: The Challenge of Tradition in an Age of Celebrity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Our Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771048231200,"sku":"9781594036088","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e58532ffefd6fc9f8bfa9184eabf5bd.webp?v=1780382501","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/athwart-history-half-a-century-of-polemics-animadversions-and-illuminations-a-william-f-buckley-jr-omnibus-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}