ABOUT THE BOOK A Torch Kept Lit presents more than fifty of Buckley’s best eulogies, drawing on his personal memories and private correspondence and using a novelist’s touch to conjure his subjects as he knew them. We are reintroduced, through Buckley’s eyes, to the likes of Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan, Elvis Presley and John Lennon, Truman Capote and MLK, Jr. These writings shed as much light on Buckley—his personality and extraordinary life—as on the tumultuous times in which he flourished. A Torch Kept Lit is not only a touching collection commemorating the greatest figures of the twentieth century, but a tribute to William F. Buckley Jr.’s distinct voice and legacy. This exquisite collection of remembrances is curated by Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen, a Buckley protégé and frequent contributor to National Review. “William F. Buckley, Jr. was a master of many things. This collection of obituaries and eulogies that he wrote over the course of his extraordinary career, admirably curated and eloquently introduced by James Rosen, may well establish WFB as the modern master of this literary form. I have read every single one of my father’s 60-odd books. I do not exaggerate to propose that this may prove to be William F. Buckley’s finest book ever.” --Christopher Buckley JAMES ROSEN, AUTHOR | In his sixteen years at Fox News, James Rosen has covered the White House and State Department beats, and reported from Capitol Hill, the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, nearly all fifty states, and forty countries across five continents. Rosen’s articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Harper’s, The Atlantic, National Review, and Playboy, among many other periodicals. He is the author of The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate and Cheney One on One. | |
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