01786cam a2200313 i 4500 185200972 TxAuBib 20141118120000.0 140714s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780553447781 hardcover 0553447785 hardcover TxAuBib rda Bush, George W, 1946-, (George Walker.) 41 : A Portrait of My Father / by George W. Bush. Forty-one : a portrait of my father. First edition. New York : Crown Publishers, [2014] ©2014. x, 294 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Beginnings -- War -- Heading west -- Hat in the ring -- Man of the house -- Diplomacy -- Runner-up -- Within a heartbeat -- The road to the White House -- Number 41 -- The hardest year -- The afterlife. "Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a president told the story of his father, another president, through his own eyes and in his own words ... The book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush's life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President"-- Amazon.com. 20141118. Bush, George, 1924- Bush, George, 1924- Family. Presidents United States Biography.