02460cam a2200349 i 4500 246575378 TxAuBib 20151117120000.0 151002s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015016550 9781400067657 $35.00 1400067650 $35.00 TxAuBib rda Meacham, Jon. Destiny and power : The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush / Jon Meacham. First edition. New York : Random House, [2015] xxiv, 836 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-806) and index. "Advance praise for Destiny and Power: 'Altogether fair, insightful. A portrait made especially compelling by the author's remarkable access to Bush's private White House diaries. This is a timely, first-rate book!'--David McCullough; 'What a spectacular and moving portrait this is--not only of a remarkably classy man but of the era that shaped him! It is hard to imagine a biographer more fitted than Jon Meacham to write what will surely be the definitive work on George Herbert Walker Bush'--Doris Kearns Goodwin; 'This astonishing book is both timely and timeless. A fascinating and insightful portrayal of the life of an exemplary American citizen'--Walter Isaacson; 'Jon Meacham's timely and intimate biography of George Bush 41 is a welcome reminder of this modest president's call to service, from the cockpits of World War II to the Oval Office and the end of the Cold War'--Tom Brokaw; 'This riveting biography by the incomparable Jon Meacham gives George H.W. Bush his well-deserved place in history. Destiny and Power is full of surprises, revealing 41's important role in scene after crucial historical scene of the past seven decades'--Michael Beschloss"--Provided by publisher. 20151117. Bush, George, 1924- Presidents United States Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. bisacsh United States Politics and government 1945-1989. United States Politics and government 1989-