TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meacham,Jon
TI  - Destiny and power: The American odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush 
SN  - 9781400067657
AV  - E882 .M43 2015
U1  - 973.928092B 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Bush, George,
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - 1989-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 787-806) and index
N2  - "'He was the last of a kind, and his rise, his fall, and his rebirth in the twilight of his life offers a window on a great deal of American history.' Meacham creates an intimate and detailed life story of a man whom many know only through his politics, or from a distance. From interviews and exclusive access to Bush's presidential diaries, Meacham brings Bush and the great American family he came from, vividly to life, beginning with the family's story working in a tool company in the Midwest in the late 1800's and on through George H.W. Bush's childhood in Connecticut, his heroic service in World War II, his decision to strike out on his own and try to create an oil business in Texas, to his political rise to be congressman, ambassador to the U.N., head of the CIA, vice president, then president, and the only man since John Adams to see his son become president. Written with Meacham's trademark compelling narration and historical depth and contemporary insight, this stunning biography reveals the unusual self-reflections, as well as the distinctive American life of a man from the Greatest Generation who pursued a life of service as a guardian of America in the way of Eisenhower, and was one of the last gentlemen in our political world"--Provided by publisher
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