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As new condition gray boards, black spine, and silver spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes List of Other Book(s) by Michael K. Deaver; Author Dedication; Foreword by Nancy Reagan; Introduction; and Acknowledgments. Illustrated with a black-and-white photograph and Ronald Reagan's letter to Mike Deaver dated May 10, 1985. Signed and inscribed by the author with thin black Sharpie at the upper section of the full title page. "Unless you follow politics closely, you probably don't know too much about Michael Deaver or how important he was to Ronnie as governor of California, president of the United States, and as a friend. I think every president can point to one particular aide who knows him so well that he becomes indispensable. Mike was that man for Ronald Reagan, and there are few people better suited to write about him. He is the only one who was there from 1967 to 1987 with only the briefest of breaks, at Ronnie's side for all the good times, and of course, many of the tough times, too . For more than twenty years, Mike spent more time with Ronnie than anybody outside his family. Often it was only Mike at Rinnie's side in the Oval Office, on the campaign planes, and in motorcades. It is many of these memories that he shares in A Different Drummer." -- from the Foreword by Mrs. Nancy Reagan, and the rear outer jacket. " "I had come to adore and respect the president like a second father. Reagan was once asked if he thought of me as another son. He thought a minute and said, 'Son, no. Brother, maybe.' " A warm, personal portrait of ROnald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned more than three decades. FOrmer aide and longtime family friend, Michael Deaver first met ROnald Reagan during his 1966 campaign for governor of California and later served him in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., as the president's deputy chief of staff. Whether it was traveling with Reagan on endless campaign flights, discussing the day-to-day issues in the Oval Office, or surviving the harrowing assassination attempt, Deaver worked with the former chief executive for twenty consecutive years. Now he offers his memories of ROnald Reagan as governor, president, and friend. In 1964, after Barry GOldwater's unsuccessful bid for the presidency, the Republican Party found itself in disarray, and Michael Deaver, a young party operative, a "red meat conservative," was looking for a new party leader he could believe in. He threw his hat in with a former actorr and General Electric spokesperson, a man who would later prove himself capable of joining the disparate elements of the Party and securing the nomination. In what would be the first of many underestimations, the Democrat Party eagerly takes on Reagan. He would not only go on to win the governorship of California, but he would serve two terms. In 1976 he was unable to unseat President Gerald Ford for the presidential nomination but, undeterred, he returned in 1980 and won a landslide victory, leading America to remarkable heights of prosperity and confidence. Yet as one of the most successful and popular presidents in American history, Reagan remains a mystery even to biographers with total access. In A Different Drummer, Deaver writes of the Reagan he has known: a man who was shy and deplored talking about himself, who would rather spend a party talking to a laborer than policy wonks; a man whose convictions remained unchanged over the course of his life, who never used pollsters to decide his position on issues; a man whose idea of relaxation was riding a horse, fixing fence posts, and chopping wood until his muscles ached and his hands blistered. Reagan emerges in this impressionistic portrait as charismatic and unwaveringly optimistic, a devoted husband and dedicated leader, disciplined and tough. " -- excerpt from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006807
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