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Sam Tanenhaus

Biography

Sam Tanenhaus

Sam Tanenhaus, the former editor of The New York Times Book Review, is the author of the national bestseller WHITTAKER CHAMBERS: A Biography, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His feature articles and essays have appeared in the Atlantic, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many other publications in the U.S. and abroad. He is currently a contributing writer for the Washington Post.

Sam Tanenhaus

Books by Sam Tanenhaus

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
by Sam Tanenhaus - Biography, Nonfiction

Ten years before his death in 2008, Buckley chose prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus to tell the full, uncensored story of his life and times, granting him extensive interviews and exclusive access to his most private papers. Thus began a deep investigation into the vast and often hidden universe of Bill Buckley and the modern conservative revolution. BUCKLEY vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases: founding editor of National Review, the 20th century’s most influential political journal; syndicated columnist, Emmy-winning TV debater and bestselling spy novelist; ally of Joseph McCarthy and Barry Goldwater; mentor to Ronald Reagan; game-changing candidate for mayor of New York.