Cover of WindFall: The End of the Affair

WindFall: The End of the Affair

1990 was a significant year for Buckley. He not only embarked on a sailing trip that forms the main subject of this book, but on several other major passages: the 40th anniversary of his marriage and his graduation from Yale, and the 35th anniversary of the founding of the National Review. 111 photographs, 27 in color. Line drawings.

Subject
biographytravel
Setting
USA
Audience
adult

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