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Buckley: The Right Word

William F. Buckley

The book his readers have asked for--on the uses and abuses of language, vocabulary, diction and dictionaries, journals and journalists, style, eloquence, interviews and reviews--Buckley: The Right Word includes interviews with Charlie Rose and The Paris Review, verbal encounters with Borges, le Carre, Galbraith, Schlesinger, Playboy, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, essays on formality and style--even a Buckley lexicon.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
  • Publish Date: May 1st, 1998
  • Pages: 544
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 5.90in - 1.40in - 1.60lb
  • EAN: 9780156005692
  • Categories: Linguistics - EtymologyLiteracyWriting - Nonfiction (Incl. Memoirs)

About the Author

Buckley Jr, William F.: - William F. Buckley Jr. is the founder of National Review and was the host of what was television's longest-running program, Firing Line. He was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The author of thirteen other novels, including Spytime and Nuremberg: The Reckoning, he lives in Connecticut.
Buckley, William F., Jr.: - William F. Buckley Jr. is the founder of National Review and was the host of what was television's longest-running program, Firing Line. He was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The author of thirteen other novels, including Spytime and Nuremberg: The Reckoning, he lives in Connecticut.