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Miles Gone by: A Literary Biography Library Edition | 
 enlarge | Creator: William F. Buckley
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1519617
Media: MP3 CD
Edition: MP3 Una
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0786181184
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780786181186
ASIN: 0786181184
Publication Date: August 2005
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Product Description
In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than fifty years, youll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of ten children; Buckley the political enfant terrible, whose debut book, God and Man at Yale, was a New York Times best-seller; Buckley the editor of National Review, hailed as the founder of the modern conservative movement; Buckley the family man; Buckley the spy and novelist of spies; and Buckley the bon vivant. Youll also meet Buckleys friends: Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Clare Boothe Luce, Tom Wolfe, David Niven, and many others. Along the way, listeners will be treated to Buckleys romance with wine, his love of the right word, his intoxication with music, and his joy in skiing and travel.
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Lifetime of enjoyment for Buckley admirers. May 13, 2008
This is just a wonderful parting gift from WFB. He reads essays (unabridged) from his literary autobiography , using decades of writings to illustrate the course of his own life.
You simply cannot get his unique voice and cadence out of your head after listening to this. And not surprisingly, you find he speaks it with a bit different emphasis than you would think upon reading it - added value.
The best thing I can say, is that listening to these discs gives you the palpable feeling that Bill and you are sitting in Stamford on the Long Island Sound as he tells you all about his life.
An absolute treasure for those who loved him.
Ave Atque Vale
Urbane. Witty. Charming. Genuine. April 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
MILES GONE BY is a compilation of William F. Buckley essays, columns and anecdotes which tell the story of his life. His writings are so prolific that the better parts of his life had already been chronicled, by himself no less, prior to his death.
I began reading National Review in 1978 as a young liberal college student. Buckley was my cure for liberalism along with the practical demise of liberal theology under Carter. He was also a mentor and hero as the Reagan Era rushed in and changed the world. I dug deep into Buckley's lore reading the Blackford Oakes novels, his journal at the United Nations, and his sailboat chronicles (AirBorne and Racing Through Paradise).
WFB was a classic conservative voice at a time when conservatism had few national voices. Goldwater, Reagan, Milton Friedman, Gingrich and others would emerge as leaders but Buckley was always the apologist for the right. His bully pulpits were the National Review and Firing Line television program. At times I wondered if he befriended people like John Kenneth Galbraith to keep them busy while conservatives were busily furthering their agenda.
Besides being the voice and conscience of the conservative movement in America, Buckley will be remembered for his civility. He was a gifted host and debater who confronted and entreated opponents with grace, tact, and utmost civility. He raised the national debate to a higher level of discourse. It would be difficult ot find another personality who so delighted in the excellence of communication. He positively thrilled to witty, bright, clever conversationalists like Galbreath, Muggeridge, and other intellectuals of the day.
America is poorer for his passing.
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