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Destiny and power : the American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush / Jon Meacham.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400067657 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: xxiv, 836 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Bush, George, 1924- Presidents > United States > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1989- |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 973.928092 Bush-M | 31681002810745 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Draws from private interviews and access to Bush's diaries and family to present an intimate portrait of the forty-first president, detailing his family's origins, his childhood, his military service, and his business and political achievements. - Baker & Taylor
Draws on exclusive sources to provide a portrait of the 41st president that traces the Bush family's humble 19th-century origins, his Connecticut childhood, his military service, his business achievements and his political accomplishments. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion. - Baker & Taylor
"'He was the last of a kind, and his rise, his fall, and his rebirth in the twilight of his life offers a window on a great deal of American history.' Meacham creates an intimate and detailed life story of a man whom many know only through his politics, or from a distance. From interviews and exclusive access to Bush's presidential diaries, Meacham brings Bush and the great American family he came from, vividly to life, beginning with the family's story working in a tool company in the Midwest in the late 1800's and on through George H.W. Bush's childhood in Connecticut, his heroic service in World War II, his decision to strike out on his own and try to create an oil business in Texas, to his political rise to be congressman, ambassador to the U.N., head of the CIA, vice president, then president, and the only man since John Adams to see his son become president. Written with Meacham's trademark compelling narration and historical depth and contemporary insight, this stunning biography reveals the unusual self-reflections, as well as the distinctive American life of a man from the Greatest Generation who pursued a life of service as a guardian of America in the way of Eisenhower, and was one of the last gentlemen in our political world"--Provided by publisher. - Random House Inc
Draws on exclusive sources to provide a portrait of the 41st president that traces the Bush family's humble 19th-century origins, his Connecticut childhood, his military service, his business achievements and his political accomplishments. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion. Illustrations. Map(s). Tour. - Random House, Inc.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â¢Â In this âilluminatingâ (USA Today) biography, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush.
âDestiny and Power reflects the qualities of both subject and biographer: judicious, balanced, deliberative, with a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it.ââThe New York Times Book Review
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POSTâS TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Drawing on President Bushâs personal diaries, on the diaries of his wife, Barbara, and on extraordinary access to the forty-first president and his family, Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man who led the nation through tumultuous times. From the Oval Office to Camp David, from his study in the private quarters of the White House to Air Force One, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the first Gulf War to the end of Communism, Destiny and Power charts the thoughts, decisions, and emotions of a modern president who may have been the last of his kind. This is the human story of a man who was, like the nation he led, at once noble and flawed.
From the Pacific to the presidency, Destiny and Power charts the vicissitudes of the life of this quietly compelling American original. Meacham sheds new light on the rise of the right wing in the Republican Party, a shift that signaled the beginning of the end of the center in American politics. Destiny and Power is an affecting portrait of a man who, driven by destiny and by duty, forever sought, ultimately, to put the country first.
