An American Life: The Autobiography Author: Visit Amazon's Ronald Reagan Page | Language: English | ISBN:
145162073X | Format: EPUB
An American Life: The Autobiography Description
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Reagan presents anecdotes about his family, details his ideology, tells of his presidential candidacy and describes his eight years in the White House. Photos.
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San Francisco Chronicle Reagan's charm, as displayed throughout this book, is incontestable; so is his grace under pressure.
The Washington Times One of our classic American success stories.
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- Hardcover: 752 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (January 11, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 145162073X
- ISBN-13: 978-1451620733
- Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 2.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
The Great Communicator has done it again! "An American Life" takes the reader from his birth in Tampico, Illinois to the return to California with mission accomplished. Ronald Reagan earned the moniker "The Great Communicator" for his ability to reach an audience. "An American Life" proves that he could do it in ink too. His writing is direct, easy to follow and engaging. The theme of the book is the optimistic world view of the Reagan we knew. There is little introspection. Reagan knew what he believed and told it with gusto! Many of the stories are ones with which we are familiar. This book is the Gipper's exposition of his belief in family values and the individual. The readers are drawn into the issues which defined the Reagan Administration.
As a frequent traveler in Reagan's native region in Northern Illinois, I found the narratives of his youth in Galesburg and Dixon and his years at Eureka College to be particularly interesting. The reader follows Reagan to Iowa and on to California. The sections on Reagan's years in Hollywood give the reader an insight into the movie world. The chapters on Reagan's involvement with the Screen Actors' Guild focus on his opposition to Communist domination of the industry.
Reagan's years in California politics are related with may of the stories we have heard, such as the student protesters who entered his office to tell him that his generation could not understand them because he did not grow up with the modern conveniences, to which he replied that his generation had invented them.
Reagan tells of his conversion, which began with the General Electric tour in the 1950s, from a liberal Democrat to a conservative Republican and from a reluctant candidate to an enthusiastic agent of destiny.
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