Historic Photos of Ronald Reagan

by Jay Stephen Whitney (Text by)

Overview

The popularity of great Americans frequently simmers before it boils, but the nation’s 40th President heard the kettle whistling from early in his administration. Ronald Reagan came to office in 1981 determined to face head-on foes of the great American experiment. He departed in 1989 adored by millions of fellow citizens and admired even by political adversaries. Join Jay Stephen Whitney in this look at the life and work of Ronald Wilson Reagan through nearly 200 large-format photographs, with introductions and captions by the author, from Reagan’s infancy in 1911 through his youth, his career in television and film, the governorship of California, and his rise to the presidency. Discover why the legacy of President Reagan continues to gather momentum over twenty years after the Great Communicator left the Oval Office.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618586766
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	09/01/2008
Series:	Historic Photos
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	29 MB
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About the Author

Jay Stephen Whitney began his publishing career as a teenage intern reporter at Athol Daily News in his native Massachusetts, the highlight of which was covering a re-election campaign stop of Senator Edward W. Brooke. Whitney earned a degree in communication at DePauw University, working on Senator Richard G. Lugar's 1976 campaign during that time. He studied law at Western New England College where he met his wife, Cathy Okrent, an attorney and author.
An award-winning senior editor at Thomson spanning three decades, Whitney has published hundreds of best-selling titles in law, criminal justice, sociology, and education. Now Whitney joins authors Stacy A. Cordery, Matthew Gilmore, Larry Johnson, and Dana Lombardy in Turner Publishing's historic photos series featuring presidents Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Whitney lives near the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Ventura County, California, with his wife and daughters, Diana and Lisa.