A torch kept lit : great lives of the twentieth century
by Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008 (Author)
Summary
"A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen. In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique s... Full description
- Presidents
- Dwight Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Ronald Reagan
- Family
- Patricia Taylor Buckley
- William F. Buckley, Sr.
- Aloise Steiner Buckley
- L. Brent Bozell, Jr.
- Arts and Letters
- Truman Capote
- Johnny Carson
- Alistair Cooke
- Milton Friedman
- Jerry Garcia
- Vladimir Horowitz
- Russell Kirk
- John Lennon
- Norman Mailer
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Elvis Presley
- A. M. Rosenthal
- William Shawn
- Rosalyn Tureck
- Generals, Spies, and Statesmen
- Winston Churchill
- William Colby
- Princess Diana
- Allen Dulles
- Barry Goldwater
- Richard Helms
- E. Howard Hunt
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Golda Meir
- John Mitchell
- Jacqueline Onassis
- Vernon Walters
- Friends
- Whittaker Chambers
- Richard Clurman
- Evan Galbraith
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Tom Hume
- Nan Kempner
- Hugh Kenner
- Allard Lowenstein
- David Niven
- Warren Steibel
- Charles Wallen
- Nemeses
- Alger Hiss
- John V. Lindsay
- Ayn Rand
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Arthur Schlesinger Jr..