| Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties Contributor(s): Schultz, Kevin M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393353028 ISBN-13: 9780393353020 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers - History | United States - 20th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.60 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley, Jr., were towering personalities who argued publicly and vociferously about every major issue of the 1960s: the counterculture, Vietnam, feminism, civil rights, the Cold War. Behind the scenes, the two were friends and trusted confidantes. In Buckley and Mailer, historian Kevin M. Schultz delivers a fresh and enlightening chronicle of that tumultuous decade through the rich story of what Mailer called their difficult friendship. From their public debate before the Floyd Patterson-Sonny Liston heavyweight fight and their confrontation at Truman Capote's Black-and-White Ball, to their involvement in cultural milestones like the antiwar rally in Berkeley and the March on the Pentagon, Buckley and Mailer explores these extraordinary figures' contrasting visions of America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schultz, Kevin M.: - Kevin M. Schultz holds a PhD in history from Berkeley and teaches twentieth-century American history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives in Chicago. |