University:
High School
Course:
High School Literature
Academic year:

2024
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319

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2
Author:

Wesley B.

Beals 1 Kai Beals Briggs English 10 H p.3 13 March 2017 Reagan by: Arthur M. Schlesinger, JR. Is about the 40th President of the United States between January 1981 - January 1989. It starts with Ronald Reagan during his presidency negotiating with the former USSR Premier Mikhail Gorbachev. They were trying to negotiate a peace treaty to end the tension between the USA and Former USSR. The second chapter it starts with Reagan’s life. Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Schlesinger talks about Reagan’s childhood and how Reagan wanted to become an actor. Then Reagan married his first wife Jane Wyman on January 26, 1940. They had their first daughter Maureen Reagan born on January 4, 1941. They got divorced in June of 1949. Three years later in 1952 Reagan married Nancy Davis; they had Patricia Ann in October of that year. The Reagan’s had their second child Ronald Prescott in May of 1958. Ronald Reagan became the governor of California on January 1, 1967 under the Republican Party. He then became the President on January 21, 1981. He won re-election in 1984. His term ended on January 21, 1989 and he sadly passed away in 2004. One vocabulary word that I fo interesting was the word intriguing which I had no clue it meant also interesting but also weird and bizarre. Beals 1 I was interested in reading this book because I wanted to learn about America’s 4th greatest president. Also, I could not think of anyone else I would want to read about but Reagan. My parents both grew up during the Reagan era and they say great things happened. I will just say I like him because I am a Republican (I am not trying to get political here.) I do not disagree with any of the things Schlesinger said about Reagan, because my dad is a history professor so he read the book and he said there is nothing wrong. Also, well I know this was made while Reagan was alive so Schlesinger most likely interviewed Reagan and got all the information Schlesinger needed about Reagan. This book has influenced me because now I know more about Reagan so if someone says Reagan was a bad president I can show them the book and say read it. I think this book is an interesting book if someone needed to write a report on Reagan. Then if an older folk wants to remember the great things Reagan did they can read the book and they can relive the awesome moments in the 80’s.