BUSH KOCH, Doro [George H.W. Bush].
My Father My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush.
First Edition, association copy of My Father, My President; inscribed by President George H. W. Bush to U.S. diplomat Mark Wallace
New York: Warner Books, 2006.
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First edition of this work by the daughter of the 41st President of the United States. Octavo, original boards, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Association copy, inscribed by George H.W. Bush on the dedication page, "To Mark Wallace, Thanks for all you do for kids. Merry Christmas! George Bush, Dec. 20, 2007." The recipient, Mark Wallace and George H. W. Bush shared a relationship grounded in their mutual involvement in U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy. Mark Wallace, a former U.S. diplomat and political operative, served as a senior official in the George W. Bush administration and was influenced by the elder Bush’s legacy in international affairs. While there is no extensive public record of a close personal relationship between Wallace and George H. W. Bush, Wallace has often cited the elder Bush’s pragmatic approach to foreign policy and leadership as formative in his own career. Both men are associated with Republican administrations that emphasized diplomacy, coalition-building, and a strategic approach to global challenges during and after the Cold War. Fine in a fine dust jacket, small JSA label affixed to the lower corner of the dedication page. Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
When George H. W. Bush asked Doro to write this memoir, she contacted hundreds of his friends and associates; conducted scores of interviews with dignitaries including Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, and General Colin Powell; tapped the memories of family members, including her mother, her four brothers, and of course, her father himself; and collected information from the former president's never-before-released files. "Now for the first time, a complete portrait of George H. W. Bush emerges. Doro reveals her father as a young man courting his future wife, Barbara, and how the death of their first daughter brought them closer. Doro tells how they raised five children through much of her father's long and storied career in public service, and offers details about this tenures as head of the Republication National Committee during Watergate, ambassador to the U.N., America's liaison to China, and vice president for eight years under Ronald Reagan."
My Father My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H.W. Bush.
$750.00
In Stock
