challenge against gerald ford. where he narrowly, narrowly, lost. just by a few again 1976. the next book i did was rendezvous with destiny. that was about the 1980 campaign. that took four years to complete. i did another book called last act which is about reagan post election years. no one had ever done a book about his post election years. when he did, there was a lot of living going on between the 13 years from the time he left the presidency in the time passed way. he flew hot air balloons he went fly fishing he did a lot of things long before he contracted alzheimer s. finally i did another book on reagan, this was about reagan rising. that period from 1976 to 1980. it was very important time for the conservative movement and american politics. you have the panama canal treaty flight. you had as tr raising as an issue you have texaco raising is an issue. you have a whole host of issues. at the time conservatives had jimmy carter to push against he was advocating a
He wasnt always right. In fact, he predicted that dewey would win in 1948. But he was right about world war iii. And he talked a lot about that later on in the book, the drew pearson diaries. It covers 1960 to 1969. Several places in there, he talks about the danger of war and how the russians he doesnt think the russians really want war. He interviewed the biggest russian leader of that era several times, khrushchev. Khrushchev works into his thoughts and dealings with the russians frequently. Brian there is a lot i want to just lay down some of the things he did and tell me if any of this is right or wrong. First to report of general patton slapping the soldier. Tyler 1943. Brian general Douglas Macarthur sued him for defamation, but pearson threatened to publish his letters from his mistress. Tyler yes. And macarthur backed off. In fact, those letters are still around. I got a call about them several years ago from a guy who just researched them because he was a because his lawyer a
But i was four. He played a big role in my life. He died when i was 37. Very sad. But he was an amazing, remarkable man. He did everything. Just everything. Brian someone who has never heard of him, what did he do . Tyler he was a remarkable journalist. He invented the washington dc which is now occupied by i dont know how many people. Unlike mene a column today or women today seven days a week, every day of the year. He wrote a column. Mostly about washington, but all comes of things. He flew around the world. He started out as a young man interviewing europes 12 greatest men that is how he actually started and made a name brian for himself. Where was he from originally made a name for himself. Brian where was he from originally . Tyler he was from evanston illinois evanston, illinois. His father was an was professor. He had a job at Swarthmore College in pennsylvania. East in a wagon drawn by two horses. Changed ground has been in his lifetime. Brian he lived what years . Tyler he wa
Mother married him he married my mother, or my mother married him. But i was four. He played a big role in my life. He died when i was 37. Very sad. But he was an amazing, remarkable man. He did everything. Just everything. Brian someone who has never heard of him, what did he do . Tyler he was a remarkable journalist. He invented the washington, d. C. , column, which is now occupied by i dont know how many people. And he wrote a column unlike men and he wrote a column, unlike men today or women today, seven days a week, every day of the year. He wrote a column. Mostly about washington, but all kinds of things. He flew around the world. Started out as a young man interviewing europes 12 greatest men. That is how he actually started and made a name for himself. Brian where was he from originally . Tyler he was born in evanston, illinois. His father was a professor in english at northwestern. And his dad got a job at Swarthmore College in pennsylvania. Ien drew was about 5 or 6, think, a
One has written eight book about reagans post presidency, so it seemed appropriate in the idea came when one of my sons, mitchell, was sitting in the kitchen highlighting these big binders of material i got from the Reagan Library in every time reagans name is here he would highlight it for me and he said to me one night, has ended has anyone ever done a book about reagan after his presidency and that was the beginning of last act. Host what do you focus on specifically as far as post presidency . Guest i use the funeral is kind of the baseline and then i do flashbacks and flashforwards, so its really the seven days each chapter represents pretty much one day although, there are other chapters as well of the funeral, but i do a lot of flashbacks over the last several years of his presidency, his retirement and obviously that alzheimer. Host if there is a main message you want the folks to get as far as his post presidency and his legacy what would you wanted to be . Guest i dont know i