When Character Was King A Story of Ronald Reagan [Paperback]

No one has ever captured Ronald Reagan like Peggy Noonan. InWhen Character Was King, Noonan brings her own reflections on Reagan to bear as well as new stories—from Presidents George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, his Secret Service men and White House colleagues, his wife, his daughter Patti Davis, and his close friends—to reveal the true nature of a man even his opponents now view as a maker of big history. Marked by incisive wit and elegant prose, When Character Was King will both enlighten and move readers. It may well be the last word on Ronald Reagan, not only as a leader but as a man.Acknowledgments

I Remember You
All Presidents Come from Something
Movie Star
And Here He Becomes the Man He Was
Honey, Roy Rogers Is Here
The Ranch
Everything Changes
The Things They Carried
Executive Mansion
Grace Under Pressure
Funny How History Works
The Power of Truth
Tough Choices
Comedy
Rosty, Rush, Reagan
Strong Women
Big Trouble
Big Triumph
Dubya Was Watching
The Old Man of St. Cloud Road

Selected Bibliography

Index

Peggy Noonan’sNew York Timesbestselling books includeWhen Character Was KingandWhat I Saw at the Revolution. She is a columnist and contributing editor at theWall Street Journaland the winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.Chapter One

I Remember You

It was like the last gathering of the clans, the reunion of five hundred friends, cabinet secretaries, aides, staffers, clique, tong and cabal members and appointees of Ronald Wilson Reagan, fortieth president of the United States, in Williamsburg, Virginia, on March 3, 2001. It was the biggest coming together of the Reagan hands since the day he left office, in January of 1989.

The big room in the Kingsmill Resort rocked with greeting. Il3-