| Edition |
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition. |
| Description |
x, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-447) and index. |
| 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 homefront -- 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
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Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Married people -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781451676945 hardcover |
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1451676948 hardcover |
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