Civility in America Series: Sam Tanenhaus, Author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America

An evening with author Sam Tanenhaus, author of Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America.

Buckley vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases: founding editor of National Review, the 20th century’s most influential conservative political journalist; syndicated columnist, Emmy Award-winning TV debater, and bestselling spy novelist; ally of Joseph McCarthy and Barry Goldwater; mentor to Ronald Reagan; game-changing candidate for mayor of New York.

Tanenhaus also has uncovered the darker trail of Buckley’s secret exploits, including CIA missions in Latin America, dark collusions with Watergate felon Howard Hunt, and Buckley’s struggle in his last years to hold together a movement coming apart over the AIDS epidemic, culture wars, and the invasion of Iraq, even as his own media empire was unraveling.

At a crucial moment in American history, Buckley offers a gripping and powerfully relevant story about the birth of modern politics and those who shaped it.

Book sale and signing sponsored by Elm Street Books.

Registration required.

Sam Tanenhaus, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national bestsellers Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and The Death of Conservatism. His feature articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair and many other publications in the United States and abroad.

Presented in partnership with The Dilenschneider Group and Hearst Connecticut Media Group.