Craig i wrote about his 16 years after the presidency. Theres a lot of great books about the last years of president s. William manchester of course wrote death of a president. No one had ever done a book on the reagan post presidency, and its an idea that came from my younger son, mitchell, who was researching on a previous book i did about reagan. I had all these binders in the kitchen. His job was to highlight every time his name was mentioned. He was 11 at the time. He asked, dad, has anyone ever written a book about reagan after he was president . That was about five years ago, and the birth of last act. Brian was the most important moment in this book . Craig well, i interviewed dr. Roger peele, the head of the psychiatric unit at Saint Elizabeth hospital. He told me how reagan reached out to him because he wanted to have a private meeting with John Hinckley six months after he tried to kill the president. Reagan had the idea, on his own. He called and dr. Daniel ruby, the white
Dickstein years after the presidency. His 16 years after the presidency. Theres a lot of great books about the last years of president s. William manchester of course wrote death of a president. Onone had ever done a book the reagan post presidency, and its an idea that came from my younger son, mitchell, who was researching on a previous book i did about reagan. I had all these binders in the kitchen. His job was to highlight every time his name was mentioned. He was 11 at the time. Asked, dad, has anyone ever written a book about reagan after he was president . That was about five years ago, and the birth of last act. Mr. Lamb was the most important moment in this book . Well, i interviewed dr. Roger peel, the head of the psychiatric unit at Saint Elizabeth hospital. He told me how reagan reach out to him because he wanted to have a private meeting with John Hinckley six months after he tried to kill the president. Reagan had the idea, on his own. He called and dr. Daniel ruby, the w
The final years and emerging legacy of Ronald Reagans. Why did you feel the need to write this book . What period of time did you write about . Craig i wrote about his 16 years after the presidency. Theres a lot of great books about the last years of president s. Wrote fdrs last year. William manchester of course wrote death of a president. No one had ever done a book on the reagan post presidency, and its an idea that came from my younger son, mitchell, who was researching on a previous book i did about reagan. I had all these binders in the kitchen. His job was to highlight every time reagans name was mentioned. He was 11yearsold at the time. He asked, dad, has anyone ever written a book about reagan after he was president . That was about five years ago, and the birth of last act. Brian was the most important moment in this book . Craig well, i interviewed dr. Roger peele, the head of the psychiatric unit at Saint Elizabeth hospital. He told me how reagan reached out to him because
separating himself from that moment. i don t think it bothered him. nancy reagan, it would have worried her. she was concerned about every timele they would make mention that john hinckley would be released. she would come to me and say, steve, i just need to make sure that won t happen. in 2003 the year before president reagan died, a federal judge ruled that hinckley bass no longer a danger to himself and others and should be allowed limited visits to his mother s home in virginia. to this day, the secret service watches hinckley, tracking his whereabouts, the people he meets, even the books he checks out of the library. is he dangerous to other people still? will he do this again? i never had any sense that there was any deep remorse, and i don t think that he ll be very capable. he had mental illness at that time and there are still issues. clearly, i think that he is