All The Best, George Bush; My Life In Letters And Other Writings

[Powell, Colin] Bush, George H.W.

ISBN 10: 068483958X / ISBN 13: 9780684839585

Published by Scribner / A Lisa Drew Book, New York, 1999

About this Item

Octavo, 640pp. Blue cloth spine, cream boards, gilt lettering on spine. First edition, fifth printing, with matching number line on copyright page. Publisher's fine dust jacket, $30.00 on front flap. Inscribed on a Bush Library bookplate: "Gen. Colin Powell, with respect, friendship + warm regards. All the best, George Bush." "Are you planning to jump from a plane? It's the talk of the Pentagon." Colin Powell to former President George H.W. Bush in 1997, who noted that Powell was "too good a friend and far too polite to call me nuts" (Ch. 16: Looking Forward, p. 599, All The Best, George Bush). General Powell remained close with the Bush family during his brief retirement in the 1990's, with former President Bush recommending him as a potential presidential candidate in 1996 and Secretary of State to his son, President George W. Bush. Provenance: Potomac Auction House, Lot 1275, Estate of Colin Powell.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: All The Best, George Bush; My Life In Letters And Other Writings
• Publisher: Scribner / A Lisa Drew Book, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 068483958X
• ISBN 13: 9780684839585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: First edition of All The Best, George Bush, inscribed by President Bush to Gen. Colin Powell, his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Edition: First Edition, Fifth Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Signed: Signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Presidents

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Synopsis

One of the most private presidents since "Silent Cal" Coolidge shares his life in correspondence, diary entries, memos, and other writings, from his letter home as an eighteen-year-old Navy pilot during World War II to one written to his children on the eve of Desert Storm.

About the Author

George Bush, forty-first president of the United States (1989-1993), is the coauthor with Brent Scowcroft of the 1998 critically acclaimed book A World Transformed. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine.