The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty (short books for teens txt) 📕

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an influential voice as his son-in-law wavered: Cannon, Governor Reagan, 211.

“the only time as governor or president”: ibid., 213.

“But, honey… those things”: ibid., 237.

“Tom’s right,” Ronnie said. “We’re going to do it”: Patrick, Reagan: What Was He Really Like?, 1:57.

“less desirable”: ibid., 59.

“She really, truly devoted her life to this man”… “Everyone tensed when she came into the office”: Helene von Damm, At Reagan’s Side: Twenty Years in the Political Mainstream (New York: Doubleday, 1988), 70–71.

“a frustrated interior decorator”: Eleanor Page, “A First Lady Chooses a Nest and Feathers It,” Chicago Tribune, June 9, 1967, sec. 2, 15.

a tomahawk hanging on the wall: Nancy Reagan, I Love You, Ronnie, 98.

The first lady’s shouting could be heard from Ronnie’s inner office: Patrick, Reagan: What He Was Really Like?, 1:204–5.

“no one ever tried to talk to him about her again”: Von Damm, At Reagan’s Side, 71.

pray that it was a girl… “you get to see your wife grow up all over again”: Michael Deaver, Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan (New York: HarperCollins, 2004), 32.

“That’s my husband… real story of the budget”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 119.

“eight solid years in the tub”: ibid.

“She would call in and ask… extremely happy man because of that”: Kathleen Osborne, interview, April 26, 2003, Presidential Oral Histories, Ronald Reagan Presidency, Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/kathleen-osborne-oral-history.

“One thing about Nancy… hollered at or get the silent treatment”: Lyn Nofziger. Nofziger (Washington, DC: Regnery Gateway, 1992), 300.

“looked like a used sleeping bag”: Morris, Dutch, 347.

“We knew in our minds… hanky panky”: Nofziger, Nofziger, 77.

“ ‘Why doesn’t someone do something about Phil?’ ” ibid., 79.

“She’d use that fifteen minutes to call me… phoned to make her position very clear”: William P. Clark, interview, August 17, 2003, Presidential Oral Histories, Ronald Reagan Presidency, Miller Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/william-p-clark-oral-history.

“In taking the job nobody else wanted… stumbled upon my niche”: Deaver, Nancy, 46.

“Mike was never afraid… when he thought he was wrong”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 201.

When the owner of the house decided… been paying in rent: United Press International, “Reagan, Unruh in a Battle,” Santa Rosa (CA) Press-Democrat, January 28, 1970, 10.

Much of that bounty… Queen Anne–style chairs: Robin Orr, “The Social Circle: The Antiques Belong to California,” Oakland Tribune, January 30. 1970.

“All of a sudden it came to both of us… We both felt that way about it”: Chris Wallace, First Lady, 120.

Sinatra dedicated… beaming first lady in the front row: United Press International, “Star-Studded Cast at Reagan’s Inauguration,” Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA), January 5, 1971, 16.

(Ronnie had known… and had said so): Cannon, Governor Reagan, 213–14.

In a 1970 interview… “so doped up they don’t know what they are doing?”: Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press, “Nancy Reagan Opposes Drugs, Women’s Lib, Unrestricted Abortions,” Sacramento (CA) Bee, July 10, 1970.

“What excited me most… everyone is better off”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 116.

“She never just flipped from bed to bed… go home and call them”: Patrick, Reagan: What Was He Really Like?, 1:220–21.

the war that had cost them so much was not winnable: Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, 187.

“If I don’t have a chance… I’m going to pop”: ibid., 188.

“When anyone asks… this was it”: ibid., 189.

“Each time Reagan came across as conflicted.… and at the same time”: Cannon, Governor Reagan, 384–85.

“I thought, ‘So this is how it ends’… we were leaving politics forever”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 122.

Hannaford and Deaver… big money in those days: Morris, Dutch, 390.

CHAPTER EIGHT

“without a day in office, the favorite presidential candidate of Republican conservatives”: Warren Weaver Jr., “GOP Finds ’68 Outlook Brighter as It Counts Election Successes: Gain of 47 in House, 8 Governors,” New York Times online November 10, 1966, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/11/10/issue.html.

“Lyndon Johnson is a disaster… plan for your election to the presidency”: Reed, The Reagan Enigma, 59-60.

“Who the fuck got me into this?”: Cannon, Governor Reagan, footnote p. 260.

“For Nancy, the convention fiasco… whatever the Gipper might be thinking”: Deaver, Nancy,” 44.

“more misrepresented than almost anything Ronnie has ever done”: Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, 163.

“was the last thing on my mind”: Ronald Reagan, An American Life, Loc 2473 of 12608. Kindle.

“I had met with Reagan… an enigma to this day”: Reed, Reagan Enigma, 178–79.

“The experience was good for a man… for the mood of the American voters”: Morris, Dutch, 358–59.

“I was heartsick… nothing I could do about it”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 145.

“Well, Dad, there’s good news”… “I must tell Nancy”: Michael Reagan with Hyams, Outside Looking In, 158.

“There was genuine disappointment… without him and Nancy in the audience”: Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, 208–9.

When he was twenty-six, Michael got married… belonged to Jane Wyman: “Michael Reagan, Governor’s Son, to Marry Miss Pamela Putnam,” New York Times online, September 22, 1970, https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/22/archives/michael-reagan-governors-son-to-marry-miss-pamela-putnam.html.

“Some men feel their masculinity… at least once a day”: Michael Reagan with Hyams, Outside Looking In, 121–29.

“I hated myself… they were all whores”: ibid., 129–30.

The most awkward moment… also join the group: ibid., 145–47.

“I needed her right then… do all those things, but I was”: Patti Davis, “How I Remember My Mother Nancy Reagan,” Time online, last modified March 10, 2016, https://time.com/4253749/patti-davis-how-i-remember-nancy-reagan.

“It’s terrible that he took that part… going steady”: Patti Davis, The Way I See It, 141.

“a very radical black girl named Eva Jefferson”: ibid., 124–27.

“I was using her habit to support mine”: ibid., 143.

“When Patti tried to sound important… ‘I don’t believe a word you’re saying’ ”: Richard Davis, author interview, March 5, 2017.

“During Patti’s years with Bernie… which we just couldn’t accept”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 138.

Maureen tried to talk Ronnie out of running… too much turmoil in the wake of Watergate: Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, 227–29.

Ron just pouted: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 153.

“Her questions were always the hardest… tilting at windmills?”: Deaver, Nancy, 44–45.

“Looking back, I realize it was inevitable… with whatever he decided”: Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, 151.

“The astonishing thing… it doesn’t