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Title: Buckley: The Right Word (Harvest Book) by Samuel S. Vaughan, William F. Buckley Jr. ISBN: 0-15-600569-7 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetry in Motion! Highly Recommended!
Comment: Do not be misled by the submission from ¨A reader from Wichita, KS, March 9, 1999.¨ It is highly questionable that this ¨reader¨ actually read the book. This person states that ¨The Right Word¨ is a ¨narcissitic essay¨ in which Buckley writes ¨with the premise that he is the world's greatest living writer.¨ The fact is that Buckley had no such premise because this book was not even his idea. The book was the brainchild of his editor of many years, Samuel S. Vaughan. This wonderful book is not an essay at all, as the ¨reader¨ claims, but a compilation of many splendid examples of exquisite English usage. This book contains many incidents in which Buckley awakens dormant words and asks them to come out and play for a while, thereby preserving words ¨that were generated at some point by someone because the need arose¨ (loosely quoted). This book is a true verbal feast of which all linguaphiles are encouraged to partake. Even if you are not a linguaphile and you are staunchly opposed to Buckley's politics, this book still goes highly recommended. If a book concerning masterful usage of language is what you are searching for, why settle for verisimilitude when you can learn from the virtuoso himself, William F. Buckley, Jr.
Rating: 5
Summary: A fogey he is not.
Comment: Buckley's belletristic conservatism is charming, rather than offensive in "The Right Word." I was expecting a gruff old fogey with a wild rightist political agenda, couched somewhat overtly under the facade of a book on language. I must say that that I was most wonderfully surprised. This work is Buckley's magnum opus! It combines the best from this wordsmith's impressive opera and places them in a single and frequently witty tome. I even found myself starting to lean toward Buckley's side of the political spectrum, simply wowed by his intelligent articulation of his positions. This book was truly amazing, and inspired me to read some of his other works. Buckley is, quite simply, the master of our language. (Interesting since English is only his third language. He first spoke Spanish and then French!) The man is staggering.
Rating: 5
Summary: Buckley: The Right Word
Comment: Buckley: The Right Word by or rather selected, assembled and edited by Samuel S. Vaughan drawn from the works of William F. Buckley, Jr. is a book quite unique in its own right.
It is composed of letters and excerpts of interviews, reviews, columns, and appreciations. As the title suggests, it is a book about words as seen by Buckley and especially on the right word. Buckley is noted for his provocative and rather expansive vocabulary and this book is no disappointment. Also, grammer is well represented. I found this book to interestingly entertaining with a modicum of dry humor and wit.
If you like to be entertained by the right word or phrase, this is the book for you. I especially liked the correspondence.
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Title: The Lexicon: A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive Word Lover by William F. Buckley Jr., Jesse Sheidlower, Arnold Roth ISBN: 0156006162 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Let Us Talk of Many Things : The Collected Speeches with New Commentary by the Author by Jr. William F. Buckley ISBN: 0761525513 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 20 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Nearer, My God: An Autobiography of Faith by William F. Jr. Buckley ISBN: 0156006189 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom" by William F., Jr. Buckley ISBN: 089526692X Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: February, 1978 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Highly Selective Dictionary For The Extraordinarily Literate by Eugene H. Ehrlich ISBN: 0062701908 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 02 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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