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Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Examine the life and times of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan. This eight-part series follows the amazing true story of a small-town boy from the Mid-West who rose from the shadows of an alcoholic father to become one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. From his humble beginnings as a radio announcer to the bright lights of Hollywood, discover the talented roots of the man who ushered in a new era of...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
It is twenty years--a full generation--since Ronald Reagan first walked into the White House and ignited a revolution. From the beginning, he enjoyed the American people's affection but now, as he approaches the end of his life, he has received what he deserved even more: their deep respect. What was the wellspring of his greatness? Peggy Noonan, bestselling author of the classic Reagan-era memoir What I Saw at the Revolution, former speechwriter,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
There is little argument that Ronald Reagan's greatest accomplishment as President of the United States was putting an end to the 40-plus year Cold War. Part six covers the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Part three in the series will track Reagan's early political life, including his years spent as a staunch supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, before eventually switching parties and serving as the two-term Republican Governor of California during the unrest of the late 1960s.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Reagan won reelection to his second term as President by the largest electoral margin in the history of the country. Part five of this series covers the Just Say No Campaign, bombing in Libya, the Challenger disaster along with other key moments of Reagan's final years in the White House.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Examine Reagan's early career as a radio announcer, before eventually moving on to have a successful acting career in Hollywood. Part two will also take a look at Reagan's role as President of The Screen Actors Guild, including testifying before Joseph McCarthy's infamous House Un-American Activities Committee about Communist activity within the film industry during the 1950s.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Examine the life of the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Wilson Reagan. From a small-town, Midwestern childhood spent moving from town to town, part one will chronicle the future President's adolescent years, growing up under the shadow of an alcoholic father, barely able to support his family.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 32
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detective Cross and his partner John Sampson are hot on the trail of the Dead Hours Killer, who is targeting commercial pilots, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Deadly Cross.
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The kids who grew up to be president were like a lot of other children. Some struggled with schoolwork and got into fights; others pranked their teachers and infuriated their parents. William Howard Taft was forced to take dance lessons. Gerald Ford struggled with dyslexia. Teddy Roosevelt had a bedroom "museum" full of dead animals. "Kid Presidents" features 20 captivating true stories from the childhoods of American presidents, complete with lively...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they've come to so intimately know and understand: David McCullough on John Adams, Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson, Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton,...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's REAGAN stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and...
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