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Article: Conservatism's First Family.(An American Family: The Buckleys)(Book review)
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- The American Conservative
- Article date:
- July 28, 2008
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[An American Family: The Buckleys, Reid Buckley, Threshold Editions, 459 pages]
THE BUCKLEYS are best known for Bill--William F. Buckley Jr., founder of National Review, author of 56 books, and one-time quixotic New York City mayoral candidate. But there is more to this family beyond its most famous son. He was sixth of a brood of ten: preceding him were Aloise, author of short stories and considered "maybe the most talented literarily" by her siblings; John, the firstborn son who followed his father into the oil business; Priscilla, a journalist for the United Press and longtime managing editor of National Review; James, who became a United States senator and ...