An Evening with National Review: Some Memorable Articles from the First Five Years

First published in 1960 to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Bill Buckley s brash, consequential magazine of opinion, An Evening with National Review: Some Memorable Articles from the First Five Years is republished, in its exact form, for the enjoyment of today s conservatives, who can see why the great writers who made National Review their journalistic home in the late 1950s -- people such as Whittaker Chambers, Russell Kirk, Morrie Ryskind, and many others (including renowned cartoonists C.D. Batchelor and John Kreuttner) -- remain worthwhile, entertaining, and timeless.

This collection includes articles written by:

* William F. Buckley Jr. -- founder of National Review
* Whittaker Chambers -- author of the classic memoir Witness
* Russell Kirk -- godfather of the modern conservative movement
* James Jackson Kilpatrick -- leading conservative journalist
* Morrie Ryskind -- renowned humorist and screenwriter
* Frank S. Meyer -- influential conservative thinker and advocate of "fusionism"
* Garry Wills -- award-winning author first published in National Review
* Ralph de Toledano -- important conservative journalist and music critic
* Dorothy Sayers -- best-selling British novelist and essayist
* John Chamberlain -- America s premier book reviewer
* James Burnham -- preeminent conservative thinker and writer
* Priscilla L. Buckley -- National Review s managing editor