Odyssey of a Friend: Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William F. Buckley, Jr., 1954-1961

Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley, Jr.

Regnery Books, 1987 - Biography & Autobiography - 352 pages

Whittaker Chambers felt the effects of his testimony against Alger Hiss long after the celebrated spy trial was completed. In this collection of letters to William F. Buckley, Chambers gives some background and substance to the Red threat as only a former communist could.

About the author

Editor and writer William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in New York City on November 24, 1925. While at Yale University, he studied political science, history and economics and graduated with honors. In 1955, he founded the weekly journal National Review where he was editor in chief. He began his syndicated newspaper column in 1962 and his weekly television discussion program, Firing Line was syndicated in 1966. Buckley wrote "God and Man at Yale" (1951) which was an indictment of liberal education in the United States, "Up from Liberalism" (1959), "The Unmaking of a Mayor" (1966), which tells of his unsuccessful mayoral campaign as the Conservative Party candidate for New York City in 1965, and "Quotations from Chairman Bill" (1970). Buckley also wrote best selling stories of international intrigue whose titles include "Saving the Queen" (1976), "Stained Glass" (1978), "Who's on First" (1980), "Marco Polo, If You Can" (1981), and "See You Later, Alligator" (1985). He died on February 27, 2008.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Odyssey of a Friend: Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William F. Buckley, Jr., 1954-1961
• Authors: Whittaker Chambers, William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Editor: William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Contributor: William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Regnery Books, 1987
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Aug 12, 2009
• ISBN: 0895265672, 9780895265678
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts; Biography & Autobiography / Music; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Literary Collections / Letters