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Miles Gone By: A Literary Biography
Author(s): William F. Buckley Jr. (Author)
- Publisher: Regnery Publishing
- Publication Date: 17 Jun. 2004
- Language: English
- Print length: 594 pages
- ISBN-10: 0895260891
- ISBN-13: 9780895260895
Book Description
Here is a unique collection of fifty years of essays chosen to form an unconventional autobiography and capstone to his remarkable career as the conservative writer par excellence. Included are essays that capture Buckley’s joyful boyhood and family life; his years as a conservative firebrand at Yale; the life of a young army officer; his love of wine and sailing; memories of his favourite friends; the great influences of music and religion; a life in politics; and exploring the beauty, diversity, and exactitude of the English language
