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Reagan : an American journey, Bob Spitz

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"More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's REAGAN is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
863 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
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
Isbn
9781594205316
Instance
Label
Reagan : an American journey
Title
Reagan
Title remainder
an American journey
Statement of responsibility
Bob Spitz
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's REAGAN is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations"--
Summary
Draws on hundreds of interviews and previously unavailable documents to present a post-partisan biography of the fortieth president that offers insight into Reagan's universal appeal and transformative leadership
Tone
Writing style
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
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10732715
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Spitz, Bob
Dewey number
  • 973.927092
  • B
Illustrations
photographs
Index
no index present
LC call number
E877
LC item number
.S75 2018
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Reagan, Ronald
  • Presidents
  • Governors
  • Motion picture actors and actresses
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Target audience
adult
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
an American journey
Label
Reagan : an American journey, Bob Spitz
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references ([766]-843) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
21645897
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
863 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594205316
Lccn
2018019603
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (DLC)20508037
  • (DLC)2018019603
  • 20508037
Label
Reagan : an American journey, Bob Spitz
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references ([766]-843) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
21645897
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
863 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781594205316
Lccn
2018019603
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • (DLC)20508037
  • (DLC)2018019603
  • 20508037

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