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Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House
The Lyons Press
October 2006
On Sale: October 1, 2006
368 pages
ISBN: 1592289428
EAN: 9781592289424
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "There are no second acts in
American lives", but more and more, our former presidents
are proving him wrong. No longer fading into the background
upon leaving the highest office in the land, ex-presidents
perform valuable services as elder statesmen and
international emissaries - and by pursuing their own
agendas. From Eisenhower taking Kennedy to the woodshed
(literally) on the Bay of Pigs crisis, to Carter earning the
Nobel Peace Prize, to Bush Sr. and Clinton joining forces in
an unlikely partnership for tsunami and Hurricane Katrina
relief, the author examines the increasingly important roles
that former presidents assume in our nation and throughout
the world. Through interviews with former presidents, first ladies,
family members, friends, and staffers, the author also
delves into the very human stories that play out as the
modern ex-presidents - from Truman to Clinton - adjust to
life after the White House and attempt to shape their
historical legacies. In this, the first narrative history of
the modern post-presidency, Mark K. Updegrove makes a
refreshingly unique contribution to literature on the
American presidents.
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