HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.
Author photo. Courtesy of the <a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?115052">NYPL Digital Gallery</a> (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

Courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery (image use requires permission from the New York Public Library)

MembersReviewsPopularityRatingFavorited   Events   
8,343 (12,367)1442,860 (3.75)27
Editor and writer William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in New York City on November 24, 1925. While at Yale University, he studied political science, history and economics and graduated with honors. In 1955, he founded the weekly journal National Review where he was editor in chief. He began his syndicated newspaper column in 1962 and his weekly television discussion program, Firing Line was syndicated in 1966. Buckley wrote "God and Man at Yale" (1951) which was an indictment of liberal education in the United States, "Up from Liberalism" (1959), "The Unmaking of a Mayor" (1966), which tells of his unsuccessful mayoral campaign as the Conservative Party candidate for New York City in 1965, and "Quotations from Chairman Bill" (1970). Buckley also wrote best selling stories of international intrigue whose titles include "Saving the Queen" (1976), "Stained Glass" (1978), "Who's on First" (1980), "Marco Polo, If You Can" (1981), and "See You Later, Alligator" (1985). He died on February 27, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from God and Man at Yale… (more)
God and Man at Yale 493 copies, 8 reviews
Stained Glass 351 copies, 6 reviews
Saving the Queen 327 copies, 7 reviews
Who's on First? 303 copies, 4 reviews
Marco Polo, If You Can 282 copies, 1 review
The Story of Henri Tod 273 copies, 4 reviews
See You Later Alligator 253 copies, 1 review
Up from Liberalism 234 copies, 2 reviews
High Jinx 225 copies, 1 review
Mongoose, R.I.P. 224 copies, 1 review
Buckley: The Right Word 211 copies, 2 reviews
Atlantic High: A Celebration 183 copies, 2 reviews
Airborne: A Sentimental Journey 150 copies, 1 review
Last Call for Blackford Oakes 135 copies, 3 reviews
Windfall: The End of the Affair 107 copies, 2 reviews
The Fall of the Berlin Wall 92 copies, 1 review
The Unmaking of a Mayor 91 copies, 1 review
Right Reason 82 copies, 1 review
Elvis in the Morning 73 copies, 1 review
The Jeweler's Eye 72 copies, 2 reviews
Getting it Right 67 copies, 2 reviews
The Rake: A Novel 62 copies, 2 reviews
In Search of Anti-Semitism 62 copies, 2 reviews
Inveighing We Will Go 54 copies, 1 review
Quotations from Chairman Bill 44 copies, 1 review
Cruising Speed: A Documentary 37 copies, 2 reviews
The Blackford Oakes Reader 15 copies, 1 review
Selected Works of J. S. Bach 3 copies, 1 review
Firing Line 2 copies
El vitral 1 copy
Amo, Amas, Amat and More (Hudson Group Books) (Introduction, some editions) 959 copies, 5 reviews
Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin (Foreword, some editions) 396 copies, 3 reviews
The Writer's Art (Foreword) 139 copies, 1 review
Tombs (Contributor) 114 copies, 2 reviews
Leftism Revisited: From De Sade and Marx to Hitler and Pol Pot (Preface, some editions) 74 copies, 2 reviews
Ronald Reagan: An American Hero (Introduction) 62 copies
Free Space (Contributor) 53 copies, 1 review
Essays on Hayek (Contributor) 48 copies
20th century (42) anthology (76) autobiography (107) biography (205) Blackford Oakes (129) books about books (44) Buckley (85) Cold War (94) conservatism (194) conservative (40) education (73) espionage (147) essays (233) fiction (564) first edition (36) historical fiction (36) history (128) language (186) Latin (229) Latin language (35) literature (35) memoir (118) mystery (118) non-fiction (451) novel (93) own (35) philosophy (119) political (36) politics (369) read (63) reference (154) religion (53) sailing (84) spy (121) spy fiction (36) thriller (62) to-read (204) travel (39) unread (42) writing (117)
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical name
Legal name
Other names
Date of birth
Date of death
Burial location
Gender
Nationality
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Education
Occupations
Relationships
Agents
Organizations
Awards and honors
Short biography
Disambiguation notice

Member ratings

Average: (3.75)
0.5 4
1 17
1.5 2
2 69
2.5 19
3 285
3.5 74
4 380
4.5 47
5 253

Author pictures (2)

   

(see all 2 author pictures)

Improve this author

Combine/separate works

Author division

William F. Buckley, Jr. is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.

Includes

William F. Buckley, Jr. is composed of 35 names. You can examine and separate out names.

Combine with…

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 195,104,556 books! | Top bar: Always visible