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About that Huge New Buckley Biography

Steven Hayward
@StevenHayward
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Some readers and listeners of my two podcasts here (Ricochet and the "Three Whisky Happy Hour") have asked if I have thoughts about the new Sam Tanenhaus official biography of William F. Buckley just out last week, and yes I do. You can find my 2,600 word review (long books like the WFB bio need long reviews) over at the Civitas Institute website here.

One takeaway:

Tanenhaus at one point said that Buckley did not always choose his friends and business associates well; might that observation include the choice of Tanenhaus as his biographer?

Some weeks back, almost as if in anticipation of this big bio, I offered extended reflections on "The Art of the Political Biography," also at Civitas.

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