Daniel Kelly (1938–2012) was the author of James Burnham and the Struggle for the World, a life of L. Brent Bozell’s National Review colleague. A graduate of Yale who earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, USA, he taught history for many years at New York University’s Washington Square College, USA and the City University of New York’s York College, USA.
"[A] lucid and compassionate biography . . . Kelly [is] a
well-credentialed historian and biographer."
--Washington Times "Beautifully moving . . . nearly brought me to
tears. . . . Kelly's writing is clear and wonderfully fluid, and
the book moves briskly. . . . We are grateful that Kelly has
written this outstand-ing biography. Bozell is one of the great,
unsung figures of 20th-century American history, and his
passionate, merciful life is one worth knowing."
--The American Conservative "A sympathetic and briskly readable
account that is candid about its subject's personal torments and
failure of promise."
--National Interest "Living on Fire would make an incredible
movie."
--The American Spectator "A delightfully readable and analytically
acute biography of a figure central to the founding of the
conservative movement."
--Rich Lowry, editor ofNational Review "Poignant . . . We had to
wait a long time for a biography of Brent Bozell, but Living on
Fire has, beautifully and insightfully, made the wait
worthwhile."
--Chronicles "The story of L. Brent Bozell Jr. is an American
story, a big American story, and one that should be more widely
known. Thanks to Dan Kelly, it will be. . . . In this absorbing and
moving account, Kelly tells the full story of Brent Bozell, both
the early triumphs and the heartbreaking stumbles."
--Neal B. Freeman, from the foreword to Living on Fire "In the
latest of ISI's rightly praised series of conservative biographies,
Daniel Kelly offers a beautifully written and moving portrait of L.
Brent Bozell Jr. The story of Bozell's rise, fall, and final
triumph as a 'holy fool' among the poor is compellingly told.
Living on Fire is a must and inspiring read."
--Lee Edwards, author of Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution
"Kelly tells the remarkable story of L. Brent Bozell's turbulent,
crusading career inside and outside the American conservative
movement, of the private demons that nearly destroyed him, and of
the spiritual tranquility he achieved in the end. Written with
discernment and empathy, this is an illuminating and deeply moving
book."
--George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement
in America since 1945 "A wonderful book about an extraordinary
person who was essential to the founding of the modern conservative
movement. Readers will find it impossible to put down."
--Donald J. Devine, senior scholar at the Fund for American
Studies, author of America's Way Back "Living on Fire presents L.
Brent Bozell, warts and all, as a fascinating and complex
personality. Kelly blends sympathy with cool judgment in describing
Bozell's impact on the lives of those he touched, and the painful
ordeal of those who loved him most."
--Patrick Allitt, professor of American history at Emory University
and author of Catholic Intellectuals and Conservative Politics in
America, 1950-1985 "This book should be required reading for anyone
seeking to understand the place of traditionalist thought in
late-twentieth-century America."
--Christopher Shannon, assistant professor of history at
Christendom College "A good biography of L. Brent Bozell Jr. has
been long needed, and our patience has been rewarded with Kelly's
heart-wrenching and inspiring book."
--Donald T. Critchlow, Barry Goldwater Chair of American
Institutions at Arizona State University and author of The
Conservative Ascendancy "Kelly recounts L. Brent Bozell Jr.'s
remarkable story in clear and vivid prose. Kelly writes with great
sensitivity about Bozell's long and ago
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