Write it when I'm gone
Subtitle: remarkable off-the-record conversations with Gerald R. Ford
By: Thomas M. DeFrank
Contributors: Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780399154508
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Interviews; Biography
Description: In an series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after his death, the 38th President of the United States reveals a profoundly different side of himself: funny, reflective, gossipy, strikingly candid. In 1974, journalist DeFrank, then a young correspondent for Newsweek, was interviewing Vice President Gerald R. Ford when Ford blurted out something indiscreet, came around his desk, grabbed DeFrank's tie, and told the reporter he could not leave the room until he promised not to publish it. "Write it when I'm dead," he said--and that agreement formed the basis for their relationship for the next 32 years. During that time, they talked frequently, but from 1991 to shortly before Ford's death, the interviews became unguarded conversations in which Ford talked in a way few presidents ever have.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: April 1974; title: Air Force Two; title: White House years; title: New life/Jerry Ford Inc.; title: 1991; title: the first interview/Nixon; title: The Reagans; title: The Clintons; title: Carter, 41, and 43; title: Staying in the game; title: Personalities; title: Lifestyles; title: March 2004; title: Growing old; title: Lunch with a legend; title: May 11, 2006; title: November 2006.