Format:
Book
Author:
Spitz, Bob, author.
Title:
Reagan : an American journey / Bob Spitz.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:
863 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously unavailable documents, "Reagan" presents a post-partisan biography of the fortieth president, that offers insight into his universal appeal and transformative leadership.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Governors -- California -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Genre:
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references ([766]-863) and index.
Contents:
Part 1: DUTCH. An ideal place ; A little bit of a Dutchman ; The happiest times of my life ; Ready to shine ; Everyone's hero ; Living the Gospel ; The disappearance of Margaret ; A people-pleaser ; Another Robert Taylor -- Part 2: RONNIE. Letting Dutch go ; Button nose ; Where's ... Where's the rest of me? ; In the army now ; A dangerous man ; Trouble in paradise ; The blue period ; Nancy (with the laughing face) ; Ronnie's finest hour ; Moving from left to right ; An apprenticeship for public life ; The friends of Ronald Reagan ; The citizen politician -- Part 3: GOVERNOR. Prairie fire ; The non-candidate ; The conservation governor ; A horse of a different color ; Momentum ; The front-runner ; Big Mo ; A referendum on unhappiness -- Part 4: MR. PRESIDENT. The O and W ; Survival of the fittest ; Cracks in the foundation ; War and peace ; Urgent fury ; Teflon man ; Let Reagan be Reagan ; Into the abyss ; A fresh start ; So far down the road ; Back on the rollercoaster ; Snakebit ; Reclaiming the spotlight ; The long goodbye ; An ordinary citizen ; The sunset.
LCCN:
2018019603
ISBN:
9781594205316 (hardcover)
1594205310 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1024139532
System Availability:
31
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3636753
Call Number:
973.927092 B
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
31