Autobiography Signed By Ronald Reagan, Hardcover w/Jack, First Print Edition


Autobiography Signed By Ronald Reagan, Hardcover w/Jack, First Print Edition

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Autobiography Signed By Ronald Reagan, Hardcover w/Jack, First Print Edition:
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Ronald Reagan, An American Life, First Print Edition, Autobiography Signed By Ronald Reagan!!!Hardcover With Dust Jacket, Simon and Schuster, 748 Pages, Illustrated

Reviewer John O\'Sullivan says of Reagan, \" He shows a tendency, whereother people\'s feelings are concerned, to gloss over unpleasantness in a waywhich does him credit as a Christian, but detracts somewhat from his value as ahistorian.\"

Few presidents have accomplished more, or been so effectivein changing the direction of government in ways that are both fundamental andlasting, than Ronald Reagan. Certainly no president has more dramaticallyraised the American spirit, or done so much to restore national strength andself-confidence.

Here, then, is a truly American success story—a great andinspiring one. From modest beginnings as the son of a shoe salesman in Tampico,Illinois, Ronald Reagan achieved first a distinguished career in Hollywood andthen, as governor of California and as president of the most powerful nation inthe world, a career of public service unique in our history.

Ronald Reagan’s account of that rise is told here with allthe uncompromising candor, modesty, and wit that made him perhaps the most ablecommunicator ever to occupy the White House, and also with the sense of dramaof a gifted natural storyteller.

He tells us, with warmth and pride, of his early years andof the elements that made him, in later life, a leader of such stubbornintegrity, courage, and clear-minded optimism. Reading the account of thischildhood, we understand how his parents, struggling to make ends meet despitefamily problems and the rigors of the Depression, shaped his belief in thevirtues of American life—the need to help others, the desire to get ahead andto get things done, the deep trust in the basic goodness, values, and sense ofjustice of the American people—virtues that few presidents have expressed moreeloquently than Ronald Reagan.

With absolute authority and a keen eye for the details andthe anecdotes that humanize history, Ronald Reagan takes the reader behind thescenes of his extraordinary career, from his first political experiences aspresident of the Screen Actors Guild (including his first meeting with abeautiful young actress who was later to become Nancy Reagan) to such highpoints of his presidency as the November 1985 Geneva meeting with MikhailGorbachev, during which Reagan invited the Soviet leader outside for a breathof fresh air and then took him off for a walk and a man-to-man chat, withoutaides, that set the course for arms reduction and charted the end of the ColdWar.

Here he reveals what went on behind his decision to enterpolitics and run for the governorship of California,the speech nominating Barry Goldwater that first made Reagan a nationalpolitical figure, his race for the presidency, his relations with the membersof his own cabinet, and his frustrations with Congress.

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