Pat and Dick
Subtitle: the Nixons, an intimate portrait of a marriage
By: Will Swift
Edition: First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Publisher: Threshold Editions
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
ISBN-13: 9781451676945
Subjects: Presidents; Married people; Biography; Presidents' spouses
Description: A study of the partnership between the thirty-seventh President and his wife argues that the couple endured political and intimate disappointments during their fifty-three-year marriage but ultimately shared genuine affection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-447) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. An ambitious young couple; title: "Will you think of me sometimes?"; title: Going places; title: Married, happily; title: Love after Pearl Harbor; title: Giant slayers; title: The faces of America's future; title: Crises on the homefront; title: Safeguarding the American home; title: Part II. Cultural leaders and private citizens; title: "Heroes" and "housewives": Dick, Ike, Pat and Mamie; title: A turbulent ascent; title: Enduring defeat; title: Darkness; title: Your turn, my turn; title: Part III. White House dreams and nightmares; title: Adjusting to the White House fortress; title: "We had held our own"; title: A private marriage in the public spotlight; title: Love in the White House; title: The zenith; title: Falling apart; title: Part IV. Affliction and recovery; title: Renewal in exile; title: A peaceful twilight; title: Epilogue.