HarperCollins
May 2011
On Sale: May 10, 2011
320 pages ISBN: 0062065130 EAN: 9780062065131 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Ronald Reaganβs The Notes is a fascinating window into the mind of our fortieth president and the writers and thinkers to whom he turned for advice, inspiration, humor, and hope. Collected by the Ronald Reagan Foundation, the book includes both Reaganβs own writing and his favorite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. The breadth of these notes sheds light on a man who was deeply engaged with the arts, culture, and politics, from his time as one of the nationβs most popular actors to later years as one of its most beloved presidents. Known as the βGreat Communicator,β Reagan sought wisdom from a wide-ranging set of political figures, philosophers, novelists, and poets, including Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy, and Thomas Jefferson, as well as Mohandas Gandhi, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Mark Twain, and Thomas Wolfe. While the number one New York Times bestselling Reagan Diaries detailed daily life inside the Oval Office, The Notes encapsulates a lifetime of reflections on work, marriage, and family in classic one-liners such as βFlattery is what makes husbands out of bachelorsβ and βMoney may not buy friends, but it will help you to stay in contact with your children.β Reaganβs own writingβhis jokes, aphorisms, and insights into politics and lifeβis often surprising and reveals a view of the president that has rarely before been seen. Historic, illuminating, and deeply captivating, The Notes is a remarkable collection of the thoughts of one of our most beloved presidents.
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