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Pat and Dick : : the Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage

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Part I. An ambitious young couple -- "Will you think of me sometimes?" -- Going places -- Married, happily -- Love after Pearl Harbor -- Giant slayers -- The faces of America's future -- Crises on the homefront -- Safeguarding the American home -- Part II. Cultural leaders and private citizens -- "Heroes" and "housewives": Dick, Ike, Pat and Mamie -- A turbulent ascent -- Enduring defeat -- Darkness -- Your turn, my turn -- Part III. White House dreams and nightmares -- Adjusting to the White House fortress -- "We had held our own" -- A private marriage in the public spotlight -- Love in the White House -- The zenith -- Falling apart -- Part IV. Affliction and recovery -- Renewal in exile -- A peaceful twilight -- Epilogue.
A study of the partnership between the thirty-seventh President and his wife argues that the couple endured political and intimate disappointments during their fifty-three-year marriage but ultimately shared genuine affection.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Threshold Editions, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: x, 479 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781451676945
1451676948

SUBJECTS
Nixon, Richard M. -- 1913-1994.
Nixon, Pat, -- 1912-1993.
Presidents -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- Biography.
Married people -- Biography.