Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement - Softcover

Brookhiser, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046502209X ISBN 13: 9780465022090

Publisher: Basic Books, 2011

Synopsis

Richard Brookhiser wrote his first cover story for National Review at age fourteen, and became the magazine's youngest senior editor at twenty-three. William F. Buckley Jr. was Brookhiser's mentor, hero, and admirer; within a year of Brookhiser's arrival at the magazine, Buckley tapped him as his successor as editor-in-chief. But without warning, the relation ship soured -- one day, Brookhiser returned to his desk to find a letter from Buckley unceremoniously informing him "you will no longer be my successor."

Brookhiser remained friends and colleagues with Buckley despite the breach, and in Right Time, Right Place he tells the story of that friendship with affection and clarity. At the same time, he provides a delightful account of the intellectual and political ferment of the conservative resurgence that Buckley nurtured and led.

Witty and poignant, Right Time, Right Place tells the story of a young man and a political movement coming of age -- and of the man who inspired them both.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and the author of eleven books, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, American, and Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington. He lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046502209X
• ISBN 13: 9780465022090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272