Ronald Reagan

<I>Two-year-old Neil Reagan stared at his new brother and squawked I wanted a sister not a loud crying brother! Little did big brother Neil know that someday his baby brother would become the fortieth president of the United States.</I></P><P>In this colorful biography Libby Hughes chronicles the life of Ronald Wilson Reagan beginning in the small remote town of Tampico Illinois and ending ninety-three years later at his home in Bel-Air California. Reagan started his diverse career as an Iowa radio sportscaster and later acted in more than fifty movies. He served as president of the Screen Actor's Guild won a landslide victory as governor of California and served two terms as the president of the United States.</P><P>Ronald Reagan--nicknamed Dutch--was a jokester and a storyteller whose straight-talking Midwestern style attracted the admiration of friends as well as world leaders. <I>Ronald Reagan: From Sports to Movies to Politics</I> will remind you why the Great Communicator became one of America's favorite presidents.</P><P><I>Whatever else history may say about me when I'm gone I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts.</I>--<B>Ronald Reagan fortieth president of the United States</B>