Getting about: Travel Writings of William F. Buckley Jr.

Book Overview

Well known as a political commentator and the author of sixteen novels, William F. Buckley Jr. was also a superb chronicler of travel. Getting About gathers more than one hundred of his articles about journeys by boat, train, or plane, representing a lifetime of adventure around the world--from Annapolis to Zurich, from the Azores to the Virgin Islands.An elegant jet-setter with a flair for literary journalism, Buckley had few rivals in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641773170
• ISBN13: 9781641773171
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Encounter Books
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"