Pat Nixon: The Untold Story

by Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Overview

The remarkable biography of Pat Nixon, the wife of former president Richard Nixon, as told by her daughter Julie Nixon-Eisenhower. Throughout the pages Julie describes her mother as a devoted, loyal, courageous, and remarkable woman who served as the quintessential First Lady. It's through Nixon's "grit" that enabled her to remain "onward and upward" during her struggling days as a student in the Depression, to the nightmares of the Watergate scandal.

An inspiring read, this electronic copy of the popular book celebrates the centennial anniversary of Pat Nixon's life and is told with love, affection, and admiration.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014337151
Publisher:	Renaissance Literary & Talent
Publication date:	03/05/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	273,080
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER, Pat and Richard Nixon's younger daughter, is an author, editor and public speaker. She has lectured widely on the Presidency, leadership, women in politics and life in the White House. As Assistant Managing Editor of The Saturday Evening Post she helped establish a book division for the parent company and edited a series of anthologies. She is the author of four books, including the best-selling Pat Nixon:the Untold Story, Special People, Julie Eisenhower's Cookbook for Children and the recently published Going Home to Glory: a Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower 1961-1968, written with her husband, David Eisenhower, grandson of Ike and Mamie.

Julie has a special interest in at-risk youth and for twenty plus years has served on the Board of Directors of Jobs for America's Graduates (including as chair and vice chair), a national organization that helps at-risk young people graduate from high school and transition into a first job. She has also served on many other not-for-profit boards and was named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania for her community service.

Editorial Reviews

“We learn so much more about this very private woman…”

Judy Woodruff

“Like the close-knit family scenes the author is fond of describing, the book is cozy, respectable…"

Publishers Weekly

“Julie Nixon Eisenhower's ''Pat Nixon: The Untold Story,'' a poignant and passionate triumph of personal history... will go right to the top of the best-seller list.”

The New York Times