Living It Up with National Review

by Priscilla L. Buckley

Book Overview

In an affectionate and hilarious memoir of her forty-three years at National Review, Priscilla Buckley takes her readers behind the scenes at the magazine that came to define American conservatism.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1890626597
• ISBN13: 9781890626594
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Spence Publishing Company
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Why does it ever have to end??

What will we do when the Buckley clan is gone? First John Wayne, then Ronald Reagan, now the Buckleys, WFB and his sister, Priscilla gradually recede from our consciousness, followed ineluctably in time by Paul Harvey we tearfully conclude. Giants all. This book is to be cherished, as with brother Bill's memoir of last year ("And Miles Gone By"), like a strand of hair from a saint; to be pulled out every now and then and pressed to one's heart in longing remembrance of the grandeur that humankind can produce so resplendently every now and again in individuals(as opposed to collectively). Read the book and weep, but with a smile on one's face mirroring the same that radiantly graced it's author's lo these many years.

Characters come alive in this engaging and folksy collection of true tales of daily life amid a nati

Living It Up At National Review is a memoir by Priscilla L. Buckley, who spent forty-three years as an editor at National Review. The exploits of her brother William F. Buckley among many other "brilliant but highly combustible" characters come alive in this engaging and folksy collection of true tales of daily life amid a national icon of conservatism. An index allows for quick reference in this highly readable and enjoyable reflection on the highs, lows, and weirdness present in the author's remarkable and vivacious working life.