Reagan
An American Journey
New York : Penguin Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Description: 863 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bob Spitz's Reagan is an absorbing, richly detailed chronicle of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics to run as California governor, and ultimately, his iconic presidency. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration.
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.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Governors -- California -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Reagan, Ronald.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Governors -- California -- Biography.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781594205316 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Reagan, Ronald | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Reagan, Ronald | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Reagan, Ronald | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 836-843) and index.