Bob spitz reagan

  • From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so than five years.
  • From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved.
  • A full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational.

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    Reagan: An American Journey

    May 29,
    It's difficult for me to be objective about Ronald Reagan the man, much less a good biography of him, which this certainly is. I've read several biographies of the Gipper, most memorably Edmund Morris's Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, and I find it impossible to reconcile the man with the politician. Ronald Reagan was a decent, honorable person who had a gift for "retail politics," but was a barely competent public official. Comparisons of Reagan with Donald Trump are unavoidable (see below), and Reagan--for all his foul-ups (and there were many)--still compares favorably with the current occupant of the White House. As Spitz quotes George Shultz, Reagan "appealed to people's best hopes, not their fears, to their confidence, rather than their doubts" (p. ). Point taken.

    Reagan's life has been recalled many times, and Spitz' really doesn't offer any new, startling information about it. Spitz' coverage of Reagan's and presidential races is per

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    Reagan

    From New York Times best-selling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational.

    More than fem years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible berättande 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 fryst vatten the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: A ung man fryst vatten 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 make

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    My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies

    Published in late , Bob Spitz&#;s &#;Reagan: An American Journey&#; is the most recently published biography of Ronald Reagan. Spitz is a journalist and author whose previous best-selling books include &#;Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child&#; and
    &#;The Beatles: The Biography.&#; Spitz was previously a manager for Bruce Springsteen and Elton John.

    At first glance, Spitz seems an unlikely presidential biographer. He is neither a journalist who spent decades closely covering his subject nor is he a historian with a predilection for writing. And yet Spitz has authored the most substantial &#; and possibly the most commendable &#; comprehensive, single-volume biography of Reagan I&#;ve read.

    This page tome is built upon a foundation of hundreds of interviews with Reagan&#;s family, friends and associates, access to his personal papers (granted by Nancy prior to her death in ) and insights provided by earlier biographers.

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