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Simon Stories in His Own Hand by Foreword by George P. Shultz Edited by Kiron K. Skinner Edited by Annelise Anderson Edited by Martin Anderson
Ronald Reagan loved to tell stories. Sometimes he used them to break the ice or to prove a point but very often he used them to inspire to uplift and to remind his listeners of what matters most in life. Recently in the archives of the Reagan Library researcher Kiron Skinner unearthed a trove of handwritten Reagan manuscripts from the late 1970s over 650 in all which included some priceless examples of Reagans storytelling abilities. Stories in His Own Hand reproduces the best of these deeply personal anecdotes.Skinner along with longtime Reagan aides and scholars Annelise and Martin Anderson has carefully documented the extent of Reagans manuscripts which originated as radio transcripts. Earlier in the bestselling Reagan In His Own Hand the editors compiled a broad range of Reagans policy-oriented essays from this collection showing an astonishing breadth of vision concerning nearly every issue he would face as president. Here they reveal a different Ronald Reagan: not the political but the personal man not the executive but the teacher.Here is Reagan on men and women life and death family and friends. Here is a man who loved to tell a story to make us all stop listen and think about what it means to be human.show more