Overdrive: A Personal Documentary
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385182694 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Name stamped inside front cover with date. The jacket shows wear along the edges from shelving. Some underlining of passages in ink. /lh. The decorative dust jacket adds much to this vintage first edition, first printing hardcover
Extraordinary and inspiring Katherine Chalmers Whether one agrees or disagrees with his politics, it is impossible to deny that WFB lives deep and sucks out all the marrow of life with an energy and drive that few can match. In Overdrive, we glance at his world - just a week - and his seemingly effortless juggling of enough activities to fill at least a half dozen lives: novelist, speaker/lecturer, mag. Buckley In ExcelsisBut Not At His Best For years William F. Buckley was a voice in the wilderness, a vigorous conservative at odds with the principles of the day. Then, in 1981, one of his followers became President. Life must have been good. Here he allows himself an opportunity to bask in his triumph.It's not a great book, given the subject is a rather self-involved man nattering on about him. Perhaps Buckley's best book Amazon Customer I'm not sure there is a Buckley book I have enjoyed more than Overdrive. It is a sequel of sorts to Cruising Speed. Both are experiments in a certain sort of autobiographical work, covering a week in the life of the frenetically busy Buckley. While it has been criticized as being self-absorbed and egotistical, I really disagree. Buckley actually lived out