Pat and Dick, the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage, Will Swift
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Pat and Dick, the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage, Will Swift
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Pat and Dick
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
849822670
Responsibility statement
Will Swift
Sub title
the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage
Summary
A study of the partnership between the thirty-seventh President and his wife argues that the couple endured political and intimate disappointments during their fifty-three-year marriage but ultimately shared genuine affection
Table Of Contents
Part I. An ambitious young couple -- "Will you think of me sometimes?" -- Going places -- Married, happily -- Love after Pearl Harbor -- Giant slayers -- The faces of America's future -- Crises on the home front -- Safeguarding the American home -- Part II. Cultural leaders and private citizens -- "Heroes" and "housewives": Dick, Ike, Pat and Mamie -- A turbulent ascent -- Enduring defeat -- Darkness -- Your turn, my turn -- Part III. White House dreams and nightmares -- Adjusting to the White House fortress -- "We had held our own" -- A private marriage in the public spotlight -- Love in the White House -- The zenith -- Falling apart -- Part IV. Affliction and recovery -- Renewal in exile -- A peaceful twilight -- Epilogue
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