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All The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
George Bush
The most intimate and revealing look at one of America's most private public figures.
Scribner
October 1999
On Sale: October 5, 1999
ISBN: 068483958X
EAN: 9780684839585
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Political
Though reticent in public, George Bush has openly shared
his private thoughts in his correspondence throughout his
life. Fortunately, since the former president does not plan
to write his autobiography, this collection of letters,
diary entries, and memos, with his accompanying commentary,
will fill that void. Organized chronologically, the volume begins with
eighteen-year-old George's letters to his parents during
World War II, when, at the time he was commissioned, he was
the youngest pilot in the Navy. Readers will gain insights
into Bush's career highlights -- the oil business, his two
terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U.N., his
service as an envoy in China, his tenure with the Central
Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the
presidency, and the postpresidency. They will also observe a
devoted husband, father, and American. Ranging from a love
letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing
his daughter Robin after her death from leukemia to a letter
to his children two weeks before Nixon's resignation to one
written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm,
the writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and
poignancy. As the Bushes continue to emerge as a major political
family, this portrait of its unassuming patriarch is timely
and important. That George Bush is allowing this much of the
collection to be published is remarkable in itself. All the
Best, George Bush provides a surprisingly intimate and
insightful portrayal of the forty-first president of the
United States. As the author writes in his Preface: "So what we have here
are letters from the past and present. Letters that are
light and hopefully amusing. Letters written when my heart
was heavy or full of joy. Serious letters. Nutty letters.
Caring letters, and rejoicing letters....It's all about
heartbeat."
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