All the Best: My Life in Letters and Other Writings

Bush, George H.W.

ISBN 10: 1476731160 / ISBN 13: 9781476731162

Published by Scribner, 2013

About this Item

Signed in black felt tip by George Bush on a limited edition bookplate, numbered 495/1000 with certificate of authenticity. Later printing. Bound in boards with a dust jacket. Unmarked. [Of-C4-S4].

Seller Inventory # ABE-1775332778403

Bibliographic Details

• Title: All the Best: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476731160
• ISBN 13: 9781476731162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 2W x 6.12H x 9.25D inches 2 inches width by 6.12 inches height by 9.25 inches depth
• Weight: 953 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Though reticent in public, George Bush openly shared his private thoughts in correspondence throughout his life. This collection of letters, diary entries, and memos is the closest we’ll ever get to an autobiography.

Organized chronologically, the volume begins with eighteen-year-old George’s letters to his parents during World War II, when, at the time he was commissioned, he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. Readers will gain insights into Bush’s career highlights—the oil business, his two terms in Congress, his ambassadorship to the U.N., his service as an envoy to China, his tenure with the Central Intelligence Agency, and of course, the vice presidency, the presidency, and the post-presidency. They will also observe a devoted husband, father, and American. Ranging from a love letter to Barbara and a letter to his mother about missing his daughter, Robin, after her death from leukemia to a letter to his children two weeks before Nixon’s resignation to one written to them just before the beginning of Desert Storm, the writings are remarkable for their candor, humor, and poignancy.

This new edition includes new letters and photographs that cover the last fifteen years, highlighting the Bush family’s enduring influence on history and including letters that cover topics such as George W. Bush’s presidency, 9/11, Bush senior’s work with President Clinton to help the victims of natural disasters, and the meaning of friendship and family.

All the Best, George Bush provides a memorable, surprisingly intimate, and insightful portrayal of the forty-first president of the United States.

About the Author

George H.W. Bush, forty-first president of the United States (1989-1993), is the author of Speaking of Freedom, a collection of his speeches and coauthor with Brent Scowcroft of the critically acclaimed 1998 book A World Transformed. Born in 1924, he died in 2018 at the age of ninety-four.