Ronald Reagan
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Nancy Reagan
2005
Tygiel, Jules. Ronald Reagan and the Triumph of American Conservatism.
New York : Longman, 2005. xiii, 223 p. ; 20 cm.
Series: Library of American biography; Variation: Library of American biography
(New York, N.Y.)
2004
Jackman, Ian. Ronald Reagan remembered :
CBS news. Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. Edited by Ian Jackman, introduction
by Dan Rather. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2004. xiv, 177 p. : ill. (some col.)
; 24 cm. + 1 DVD
Gronner, Curt J. The Family of Ronald W. Reagan Baltimore, MD : Clearfield,
2nd ed. 2004. 283 p. ; 26 cm.
Davis, Patti. The Long Goodbye. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
xv, 199 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Kengor, Paul. God and Ronald Reagan : A Spiritual Life. New York :
ReganBooks, 1st ed., 2004. xiv, 402 p. ; 24 cm.
Wirthlin, Richardand and Wynton C. Hall. The Greatest Communicator : What
Ronald Reagan Taught me about Politics, Leadership, and Life.
Hoboken, N.J. :; John Wiley & Sons, 2004. xiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
2003
Von Bulow, Harry. God and Ronald Reagan : God moves in the affairs of men.
[Bloomington, Ind.] : 1st Books Library, Rev. 2003. 148 p. ; 21 cm.
2002
Harmer, John. Reagan; man of principle. Springville, Utah : Council Press Distributed
by Cedar Fort, 2002. xiii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
2000
Cannon, Lou. President Reagan; The Role of a Lifetime. 1st Public Affairs ed.
New York : Public Affairs, 2000. xvii, 883 p. : ill. ; 24 cm (Originally published in 1991)
Gronner, Curt J. The family of Ronald W. Reagan. [Morrison, IL] : C.J. Gonner,
2000. 259 leaves ; 28 cm.
Wills, Garry. Reagan's America. New York : Penguin Books, 2000. xxv, 572 p. ; 22 cm.
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987.
With new introduction. Includes bibliographical references (p. [461]-548) and index.
Ronald Reagan achieved magical accord with the American people, attuning them to
his moral vision of a nation made up of optimistic individualists, tough yet
God--fearing, blessed with a special destiny. In Reagan's America, Pulitzer Prize
winning author and historian Garry Wills seeks to understand Reagan's appeal through
understanding his audience, the Americans who found in him everything they wanted to
believe about themselves. An authoritative biography and a fascinating cultural history,
Reagan's America reveals how this savvy, charismatic leader restored a nation's fading
sense of innocence and faith in itself.
1999
Morris, Edmund. Dutch; a memoir of Ronald Reagan. 1st ed. New York : Random House,
1999. xx, 874 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. (Contains genuine and fictional characters.)
Few, if any, biographies in recent years have generated so much controversy about
the role and responsibility of the biographer as this muddled but infuriatingly readable
account. Morris re ceived the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt,
and, on the strength of that impressive work, was appointed Reagan's authorized biographer
in 1985. Not necessarily to his credit, Morris may have invented the genre of virtual
biography, through which the author insinuates himself into Reagan's life. As readers
know now, the Morris in these pages is not even the real South African-raised Morris
but an older American version about the same age as Reagan. Some events, notably the
death of Reagan's infant daughter; his testimony before the House Committee on
Un-American Activities (HUAC) about Communist infiltration of the Screen Actors Guild;
and his split with first wife Jane Wyman, are actually portrayed in play form, giving
a surreal quality to these very real traumas. The reader, no matter how familiar with
Reagan, will have trouble distinguishing fact from fable. Yet this work is recommended
as a well-researched novel that features elegant writing, well-crafted, if caramelized
anecdotes, and the skillful framing of Reagan's worldview through the mindset of the
actor Reagan was always proud to be. Despite Morris's unprecedented access,
Lou Cannon's President Reagan: The Role of A Lifetime (LJ 4/15/91) remains
the most authoritative and historically correct account of the Reagan years.
Gallick, Sarah. Ronald Reagan; the pictorial biography. Philadelphia : Courage Books,
1999. 120 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. (Also in Pictorial Books)
1998
Bosch, Adriana. Reagan; an American story. With a foreword by David McCullough.
New York : TV Books,1998. 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (Developed from the films of The
American experience)
1997
Davis, Patti. A long goodbye. New York : Alfred A. Knopf,1997. p. cm.
Hannaford, Peter. Recollections of Reagan; a portrait of Ronald Reagan. 1st ed.
New York : William Morrow, 1997. xvii, 210 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Pemberton, William E. Exit with honor; the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1997. xv, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Series: The right wing in
America
Walsh, Kenneth T. Ronald Reagan. 1st ed. New York : Park Lane Press. : A&E Books,
1997 184 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Series: Biography Biography (Park Lane Press)
Wymbs, Norman E. Ronald Reagan's crusade. Ed. 2. [Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla.] :
Skyline Publications, 1997. xxiii, 365 p. ; 24 cm. (1996)
1996
Wymbs, Norman E. Ronald Reagan's crusade. 1st ed. Ft. Lauderdale, FL : VYTIS Pub. Co.,
1996. xxiii, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (1997)
1995
Cardigan, J. H, (Jim H.). Ronald Reagan; a remarkable life. Kansas City, Mo. :
Andrews and McMeel, 1995. 127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Davis, Patti. Angels don't die; my father's gift of faith. 1st ed. New York, NY :
HarperCollins, 1995. xiv, 122 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
1992
Reagan, Ronald. An American life. New York : Pocket Books, 1990; 1992.
748 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (Also in Memoirs and Reagan as Author)
Smith, T. Burton; Henderson, Carter F. White House doctor. Lanham, Md. :
Madison Books : Distributed by National Book Network, 1992. xv, 178 p., [22] p. of
plates : ill. ; 24 cm. (Also in Memoirs)
Davis, Patti. The way I see it; an autobiography. New York : Putnam, 1992. 335 p.,
[32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
1991
Cannon, Lou. President Reagan; the role of a lifetime.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 1991. 948 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
(Also in Memoirs and Reagan as Author)
Hailed by the New Yorker as "a superlative study of a president and his
presidency," Lou Cannon's President Reagan remains the definitive account of
our most significant presidency in the last fifty years. Ronald Wilson Reagan,
the first actor to be elected president, turned in the performance of a lifetime.
But that performance concealed the complexities of the man, baffling most who came
in contact with him. Who was the man behind the makeup? Only Lou Cannon,
who covered Reagan through his political career, can tell us. The keenest Reagan-watcher
of them all, he has been the only author to reveal the nature of a man both shrewd and
oblivious. Based on hundreds of interviews with the president, the First Lady, and
hundreds of the administration's major figures, President Reagan takes us behind the
scenes of the Oval Office. Cannon leads us through all of Reagan's roles, from the
affable cowboy to the self-styled family man; from the politician who denounced
big government to the president who created the largest peace-time deficit; from
the statesman who reviled the Soviet government to the Great Communicator who
helped end the cold war. "President Reagan is essential reading for anyone who
wants to understand the star of politics in the 1980s."
This is possibly the single best book available on the Reagan presidency.
Lou Cannon began reporting on Ronald Reagan as a journalist when Reagan first
ran for governor of California in 1966, and then covered him again in Washington
after his 1980 presidential election. In short, there is probably no man or woman
who has spent more years writing about the Gipper than Cannon.
The result is a magisterial account of Reagan's two terms in the White House.
Cannon is broadly sympathetic to his subject, but also coolly detached. President
Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime pulled off the remarkable feat of winning praise
from both Reagan's admirers and detractors when it was first published in 1991.
This reissued edition, which includes a new preface describing Reagan's
postpresidential descent into the abyss of Alzheimer's disease, must now be
considered the standard text on the subject--especially in light of the controversy
surrounding the book that aspired to Cannon's mantle, Edmund Morris's quasi biography
Dutch.
Cannon's book is full of wise analysis and sound observation. He explains Reagan's
success convincingly: "Optimism was not a trivial or peripheral quality. It was the
essential ingredient of an approach to life.... [Reagan] had a knack of converting
others to his optimism, almost as if he drew upon some private reservoir of self-esteem.
People who listened to Reagan tended to feel good about him and better about themselves."
Though the book bursts with detail, it's never so cumbersome that it bogs down Cannon's
narrative. And these pages give only cursory attention to Reagan's life before the White
House; this is more a biography of President Reagan than of Ronald Reagan. Conservatives
who are defensive about Reagan's legacy may bristle at certain points; Cannon's portrait
is not always a flattering one. Yet it's a compelling biography of a compelling man's
most important years. It's possible to imagine that a fuller biography of Reagan will
be written some day. Right now, however, this is the best there is--and it's very,
very good.
1990
Reagan, Ronald. An American life. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1990.
748 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
1989
Reagan, Maureen. First father, first daughter; a memoir. 1st ed.
Boston : Little, Brown, 1989. x, 415 p., [16] leaves of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.
Reagan, Nancy; Novak, William. My turn; the memoirs of Nancy Reagan. 1st ed.
New York : Random House, 1989. xiv, 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Schieffer, Bob; Gates, Gary Paul. The acting president. 1st ed. New York : Dutton, 1989.
xii, 397 p. ; 24 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
1988
Reagan, Michael; Hyams, Joe. On the outside looking in.
New York, NY : Zebra Books, 1988. 286 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Wills, Garry. Reagan's America. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1988. viii, 592 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
1987
Edwards, Anne. Early Reagan. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, 1987. 617 p., [16] p. of plates
: ill. ; 25 cm.
A biography on Reagan's early life life, which examines in particular his career as
an actor in motion pictures.
Wills, Garry. Reagan's America; innocents at home. 1st ed.
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987. viii, 472 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Wymbs, Norman E. A place to go back to ; Ronald Reagan in Dixon, Illinois. 1st ed. New
York : Vantage Press, 1987. xvi, 131 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. (illustrations)
1986
Jinks, Harold. Ronald Reagan--smile, style, and guile. 1st ed.
New York : Vantage Press, 1986. viii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Wallace, Chris. First Lady; a portrait of Nancy Reagan. From the NBC white paper reported by White House correspondent Chris Wallace. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1986. ix, 166 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
1985
Adler, Bill. Ronnie and Nancy; a very special love story. 1st ed. New York :
Crown Publishers, 1985. 216 p., [8] p. of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.
Collective biography
1984
O'Leary, Jeremiah. Ronald Reagan; biography. Washington, D.C.
(209 C St., NE, Washington 20002) : Political Profiles, 1984. 37 p. : ill. (some col.) ;
28 cm.
(Also in Elections)
Slosser, Bob. Reagan inside out. Waco, Tex. : Word Books, 1984. 203 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Biography of Reagan that discusses religion in his life.
1983
Brownstein, Ronald; Easton, Nina. Reagan's ruling class ; portraits of
the president's top one hundred officials. Introduction by Ralph Nader. 1st pbk.
ed. New York : Pantheon Books, 1983. xxvi, 759 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.
Dugger, Ronnie. On Reagan ; the man & his presidency. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1983.
xvi, 617 p. ; 24 cm.
Hannaford, Peter. The Reagans, a political portrait. New York :
Coward-McCann, 1983. 317 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Leamer, Laurence. Make-believe; the story of Nancy & Ronald
Reagan. 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1983. xii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
McClelland, Doug, ed. Hollywood on Ronald Reagan ; friends and enemies discuss our
president, the actor. Winchester, MA : Faber and Faber, 1983. xiii, 247 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Scofield, Edward. Reagan, "B" actor, "A" president? Hollywood, Calif. :
American Progress Enterprises, 1983. 256 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
1982
Brownstein, Ronald; Easton, Nina. Reagan's ruling class ;
portraits of the President's top 100 officials. Introduction by Ralph Nader.
Washington, D.C. : Presidential Accountability Group, 1982. xvii, 747 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
McGlothlin, Don C. Star to guide us. 1st ed. Wheeling, Ill. : Presidential Publishers,
1982. iii, 299 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
1981
Boyarsky, Bill. Ronald Reagan, his life and rise to the Presidency. 1st ed. New York :
Random House, 1981, 1968. 205 p. ; 24 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
Congressional Quarterly, inc. President Reagan. Washington, D.C. :
Congressional Quarterly, 1981. 123 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (Also in Elections)
Edwards, Lee. Ronald Reagan, a political biography. Foreword by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Rev., updated, and expanded ed. Houston, Tex. : Nordland Pub. International, 1981.
292 p. ; 23 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
Smith, Hedrick [et al.] Reagan, the man, the President. New York :
Macmillan Pub. Co., 1981, 1980. 186 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
(Also in Early Political Career)
Van der Linden, Frank. The real Reagan ; what he believes, what
he has accomplished, what we can expect from him. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, 1981.
288 p. ; 25 cm.
White, Patricia Meade. The invincible Irish ; Ronald Wilson Reagan--
Irish ancestry and immigration to America. introduction by P. O'Faolain ;
Reagan immigration to Illinois, Alma Imhoff Lauritsen. 1st ed. Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Portola Press, 1981. 95 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
1980
Edwards, Lee. Ronald Reagan, a political biography. Foreword by William F. Buckley, Jr.
Rev., updated, and expanded ed. Houston, TX. : Nordland Pub. International, 1980. 307 p. ;
18 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
1976
Von Damm, Helene; Reagan, Ronald. Sincerely, Ronald Reagan. Ottawa, Ill. :
Green Hill Publishers, 1976. 163 p. ; 18 cm.
1968
Smith, George H, (George Henry). Who is Ronald Reagan? New York, Pyramid Books, 1968.
173 p. ports. 18 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
1967
Edwards, Lee. Reagan; a political biography. San Diego, Calif., Viewpoint Books, 1967.
252 p. 18 cm. (Also in Early Political Career)
2004
Benson, Harry and Gigi Benson. The President & Mrs. Reagan : An
American Love Story. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003. 79 p. : chiefly col.
ill. ; 27 cm.
The loving relationship between President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
celebrated in the photographs and personal recollections of world-renowned
photographer Harry Benson.
Colacello, Bob. Ronnie and Nancy : Their Path to the White House, 1911 to 1980.
New York :; Warner Books, 1st Warner Books ed., 2004. 598 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Deaver, Michael K. Nancy : A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan.
New York : Morrow, 2004. x, 209 p. ; 24 cm.
Edwards, Anne. The Reagans : portrait of a marriage. New York : St. Martin's Press,
2003 1st ed. x, 420 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
1983
Hannaford, Peter. The Reagans, a Political Portrait. New York :
Coward-McCann, 1983. 317 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Leamer, Laurence. Make-believe; the story of Nancy & Ronald Reagan.
1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1983. xii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
1985
Adler, Bill. Ronnie and Nancy; a very special love story.
1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 1985. 216 p., [8] p. of plates :
ports. ; 24 cm. Collective biography
1986
Wallace, Chris. First Lady; a portrait of Nancy Reagan.
From the NBC white paper reported by White House correspondent Chris Wallace.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 1986. ix, 166 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
1989
Reagan, Nancy; Novak, William. My Turn; the Memoirs of Nancy Reagan.
1st ed. New York : Random House, 1989. xiv, 384 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.,
ports. ; 24 cm.
A large number of the most influential books that discuss Ronald Reagan and
his presidency have been complete biographies. This is a popular method of
analyzing Reagan's place in history, by examining his whole life trying to get
a deeper understanding of Ronald Reagan, and his motivations and visions.
In 1999, Reagan's official biography written by Edmund Morris, Dutch was published.
During the fourteen years
scholars waited for this book to be published, Reagan scholars believed it would have a
large impact on the Reagan scholarship, since Reagan had given Morris all access to the
president and personal documents. However, when Morris finally did write the autobiography,
he included himself as a fictitious character and many other fictitious characters that
made the book not historically correct was such a disappointment to the scholarly
community. Another biography of scholarly significance is Garry Wills' Reagan's
America first published in 1987 and again in expanded form in 1999.