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Ronnie & Nancy: Their Path to the White House - 1911 to 1980
Ronnie Nancy Their Path to the White House 1911 to 1980 Author:Bob Colacello He was the son of an alcoholic shoe salesman. She was the adopted daughter of a wealthy doctor. Both Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis learned the value of cultivating the right friendships when they were young. Ronnie found his first marriage and political ambitions at irreconcilable odds, but when he met Nancy, one of the most remarkable career-bu... more »ilding and romantic partnerships of all time was born. Now comes the definitive portrait of America's First Couple, in a book that is at once a political saga, a social history, and an unforgettable love story. No one is better equipped to chronicle the Reagans' remarkable journey than noted journalist and longtime Vanity Fair writer Bob Colacello. With unprecedented access to Nancy Reagan, her personal papers, and the couple's closest friends-including many who have spoken on the record for the first time-he sheds light on the Reagans' early years and the development of the future president's political ideas. Delving into their Hollywood careers, Ronald Reagan's marriage to actress Jane Wyman, and the Reagans' complicated relationship with their children, Colacello sets the record straight about the most private aspects of their lives.« less