George Bush: An Intimate Portrait

Green, Fitzhugh

ISBN 10: 0870527835 / ISBN 13: 9780870527838

Published by Hippocrene Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1989

About this Item

Beige hard covers, red cloth spine. Color photo on dj. Int. good. Black and white photos. 270 pages. Chapter book. Dj has a few tears, taped.

Seller Inventory # 140203B

Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Bush: An Intimate Portrait
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870527835
• ISBN 13: 9780870527838
• Binding: Quarter-Bound
• Illustrator: Photos
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • BIOGRAPHY

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Synopsis

This full-dimensioned account shows the life of George Bush, from his childhood in Maine and schooling at Yale to his inauguration as president of the United States. 16 illustrations.

Reviews

This is a rambling, embarrassing piece of hagiography written by a sometime adman, former U.S.I.A. employee, and lifelong acquaintance of the Bushes. The chapter headings set the tone, e.g., "Fighter for America" and "Yale Star." The book reads like a campaign biography that is two years late. Ironically, while intending to praise Bush, this work damns him. Bush emerges as an other-directed organization man who wants to be well-liked but who has few principles and little vision. One observer Green quotes, says, "Bush is like water; he takes the shape of his container." Green himself is mystified by Bush's selection of Quayle as Vice President. He also concludes that Bush's father, Senator Prescott Bush, "left no substantive footsteps" and "offered no particular vision, except that of a life of rectitude. . . . " Like father, like son? Recommended only because it will be requested.
- Jeffrey R. Herold, Bucyrus P.L., Ohio
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