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EPISODE · Jul 22, 2025 · 29 MIN

Sam Tanenhaus-BUCKLEY -The Life And The Revolution That Changed America

from Speaking of Writers · host Steve Richards

The definitive biography of William F. Buckley Jr., written by prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus. This monumental work, more than two decades in the making, tells the compelling story of America’s greatest conservative andthe rise and fall of the movement he led. BUCKLEY vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases, offering an authoritative account of an American giant and the world he made.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sam Tanenhaus, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national bestseller Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His feature articles and essays have appeared in the Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many other publications in the U.S. and abroad. He is currently a contributing writer for the Washington Post.

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