The call to serve : the life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush
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Published
New York : Random House, [2024].
Physical Desc
xxiv, 358 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) portraits, photographs, facsimilies ; 24 cm
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Red Feather Lakes Community Library - NONFICTION
973.92 MEACHAM 2024
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973.92 MEACHAM 2024
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LC Subjects
Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Biography.
Bush, George, -- 1924-2018.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency.
Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.
Biography.
Bush, George, -- 1924-2018.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency.
Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Random House, [2024].
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-346) and index.
Description
"The Call to Serve is an intimate, illuminating portrait of the forty-first president, a man who was so much more than just his politics. In words and images—many found in a lifetime of scrapbooks kept by Barbara Pierce Bush—Jon Meacham brings George H. W. Bush vividly to life. From the values of integrity, empathy, and grace that Bush learned in childhood to his leadership at the highest levels in tumultuous times, the forty-first president embodied an ideal of service that warrants attention in our own divided time. Bush pursued a life of service to America through his heroic combat experience in the Pacific during World War II, his political rise in Texas, his serving as U.S. ambassador to the UN, his time as envoy to China and as director of the CIA, his tenure as Ronald Reagan’s vice president, and his election as the forty-first president of the United States. Set against the background of America during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this book commemorates the legacy of a man who was far from perfect—he could be cutthroat on the campaign trail—but whose ambition was not an end unto itself. Bush’s drive to succeed was, rather, a means to put the values of balance, patriotism, and respect for others into action in the political arena." --publisher's website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Meacham, J. (2024). The call to serve: the life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush . Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meacham, Jon. 2024. The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Meacham, Jon. The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush Random House, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Meacham, Jon. The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush Random House, 2024.
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