Young Jerry Ford

Young Jerry Ford
Title Young Jerry Ford PDF eBook
Author Hendrik Booraem
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 152
Release 2013-05-22
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0802869424

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An account of the early life of Gerald R. Ford, up through high school.

Truth and Honor

Truth and Honor
Title Truth and Honor PDF eBook
Author Lindsey McDivitt
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2020
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781534110625

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"When Gerald Ford became president, Americans were ready for an honest, hardworking politician. He was trustworthy, cooperative, and cared deeply about all Americans. His life, tougher than some and filled with character-building lessons, had prepared him for the job. Backmatter includes a letter from the Ford family and a timeline"--

The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Title The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author John Robert Greene
Publisher
Pages 280
Release 1995
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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"Riveting from start to finish". -- Herbert S. Parmet, author of Richard Nixon and His America.

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford
Title Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author Douglas Brinkley
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 223
Release 2007-02-06
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1429933410

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The "accidental" president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White House in August 1974, he inherited a presidency tarnished by the Watergate scandal, the economy was in a recession, the Vietnam War was drawing to a close, and he had taken office without having been elected. Most observers gave him little chance of success, especially after he pardoned Richard Nixon just a month into his presidency, an action that outraged many Americans, but which Ford thought was necessary to move the nation forward. Many people today think of Ford as a man who stumbled a lot--clumsy on his feet and in politics--but acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley shows him to be a man of independent thought and conscience, who never allowed party loyalty to prevail over his sense of right and wrong. As a young congressman, he stood up to the isolationists in the Republican leadership, promoting a vigorous role for America in the world. Later, as House minority leader and as president, he challenged the right wing of his party, refusing to bend to their vision of confrontation with the Communist world. And after the fall of Saigon, Ford also overruled his advisers by allowing Vietnamese refugees to enter the United States, arguing that to do so was the humane thing to do. Brinkley draws on exclusive interviews with Ford and on previously unpublished documents (including a remarkable correspondence between Ford and Nixon stretching over four decades), fashioning a masterful reassessment of Gerald R. Ford's presidency and his underappreciated legacy to the nation.

The Education of Gerald Ford

The Education of Gerald Ford
Title The Education of Gerald Ford PDF eBook
Author Hendrik Booraem V
Publisher Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pages 252
Release 2016
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0802869432

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GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006), the thirty-eighth president of the United States, grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and by all accounts modeled exemplary behavior. In this biography Hendrik Booraem carefully examines that image and the reputation that Ford earned during his early years, telling about Ford's life up until his graduation from the University of Michigan in 1935. Booraem uses in-depth research of numerous written sources — plus interviews with some twenty people who personally knew Ford — to show how Jerry Ford excelled at academics and athletics, forging his way through challenges, family difficulties, economic setbacks, and more on his way to a remarkable political career. Booraem's historical portrait offers fascinating insight into the early years of this president who sought to heal the nation at a very low point in its history.

When the Center Held

When the Center Held
Title When the Center Held PDF eBook
Author Donald Rumsfeld
Publisher Free Press
Pages 352
Release 2019-06-11
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1501172948

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“A personal look behind the scenes” (Publishers Weekly) of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld—New York Times bestselling author and Ford’s former Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant. In the wake of Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal, it seemed the United States was coming apart. America had experienced a decade of horrifying assassinations; the unprecedented resignation of first a vice president and then a president of the United States; intense cultural and social change; and a new mood of cynicism sweeping the country—a mood that, in some ways, lingers today. Into that divided atmosphere stepped an unexpected, unelected, and largely unknown American—Gerald R. Ford. In contrast to every other individual who had ever occupied the Oval Office, he had never appeared on any ballot either for the presidency or the vice presidency. Ford simply and humbly performed his duty to the best of his considerable ability. By the end of his 895 days as president, he would in fact have restored balance to our country, steadied the ship of state, and led his fellow Americans out of the national trauma of Watergate. And yet, Gerald Ford remains one of the least studied and least understood individuals to have held the office of the President of the United States. In turn, his legacy also remains severely underappreciated. In When the Center Held, Ford’s Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld candidly shares his personal observations of the man himself, providing a sweeping examination of his crucial years in office. It is a rare and fascinating look behind the closed doors of the Oval Office, including never-before-seen photos, memos, and anecdotes, from a unique insider’s perspective—“engrossing and informative” (Kirkus Reviews) reading for any fan of presidential history.

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford
Title Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author James Cannon
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 513
Release 2013-04-16
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0472029460

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“Not since Harry Truman succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt twenty-nine years earlier had the American people known so little about a man who had stepped forward from obscurity to take the oath of office as President of the United States.” —from Chapter 4 This is a comprehensive narrative account of the life of Gerald Ford written by one of his closest advisers, James Cannon. Written with unique insight and benefiting from personal interviews with President Ford in his last years, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Lifeis James Cannon’s final look at the simple and honest man from the Midwest.