| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 294 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- War -- Heading West -- Hat in the ring -- Man of the house -- Diplomacy -- Runner-up -- Within a heartbeat -- The road to the White House -- Number 41 -- The hardest year -- The afterlife. |
| Summary |
George W. Bush covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and 41st President of the United States. |
| Subject |
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
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Bush, George, 1924-2018. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents. |
|
United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1989-1993 |
| Subject |
Political science. |
| Chronological Term |
1989 - 1993 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Forty-one : a portrait of my father |
|
Portrait of my father |
| ISBN |
0553447785 (hardcover) |
|
9780553447781 (hardcover) |
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9780553447798 (ebook) |
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