Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford

Thomas M. DeFrank

ISBN 10: 0399154507 / ISBN 13: 9780399154508

Edité par G.P Putnam's Sons, New York, 2007

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258 p. Illustrated. The author was a reporter who became close to President Ford and had the candid, detailed conversations collected in this book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Write It When I'm Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford
• Éditeur: G.P Putnam's Sons, New York
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0399154507
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780399154508
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: As New

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Synopsis

Write it When I'm Gone In an extraordinary series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after Ford's death, the thirty-eighth president of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid-and the stuff of headlines. In 1974, award-winning journalist and author Thomas DeFrank, then a young co... Full description

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The New York Times bestseller?and the candid voice of an American president

In 1974, Newsweek correspondent Thomas M. DeFrank was interviewing Gerald Ford when the Vice President blurted out something astonishingly indiscreet. He then extracted a promise not to publish it. ?Write it when I?m dead,? Ford said? and thus began a thirty-two-year relationship.

During the last fifteen years of their conversations, Ford opened up to DeFrank, speaking in a way few presidents ever have. Here the award-winning journalist reveals these private talks, as Ford discusses his experiences with his fellow presidents, the Warren Commission, and his exchanges with Bill Clinton during the latter?s impeachment process. In addition, he shares his thoughts about both Bush administrations, the Iraq war, his beloved wife Betty, and the frustrations of aging. Write It When I?m Gone is not only a historical document but an unprecedented portrait of a president.