Years before he dreamed of becoming President of the United States, Ronald Reagan wrote a frank, funny, moving account of his life. "Where's the rest of me" is his famous line from the hit movie "King's Row". This book reveals the man behind the public image...the Illinois youth, the college football hero, the movie star, the controversial union leader, and the devoted husband. Now, Complete with 8 pages of photographs, here are the memoirs of a man whose real life holds more excitement than a Hollywood scenario...the man whose charm, wit, optimism, and common sense have captured the heart of the nation.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. He began a career in filmmaking and later television, making 52 films and gaining enough success to become a household name.
As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics," advocated reduced business regulation, controlling inflation, reducing growth in government spending, and spurring economic growth through tax cuts.
Reagan left office in 1989. In 1994, the former president disclosed that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier in the year; he died ten years later at the age of 93. He ranks highly among former U.S. presidents in terms of approval rating.
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