Going Home to Glory, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Going Home to Glory, Julie Nixon Eisenhower
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Going Home to Glory
A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969

Author: Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/26/2010

Synopsis

After President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961, he retired to a farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Living next door was his teenage grandson, David; they would be neighbors for the rest of the decade. Based on personal stories, letters, diaries, and the reminiscences of Eisenhower's closest friends, Going Home to Glory is both an intimate chronicle of the elder statesman's final years and a coming of age story.

In this book, Eisenhower emerges as both a beloved and forbidding figure, whether relaxing at home or playing golf, advising presidents Kennedy and Johnson and 1968 presidential hopeful Richard Nixon, or rendering sage advice to young people—including the author. Set amidst the turbulent sixties, the author describes Eisenhower's many efforts to influence a bewildered nation on civil rights and Vietnam.

David Eisenhower's first book about his grandfather, Eisenhower at War, was a bestseller and a finalist for the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in History. Going Home to Glory, a personal sequel, offers completely new insight into one of the country's most respected presidents.

About Julie Nixon Eisenhower

Julie Nixon Eisenhower is the author of Special People and Pat Nixon: The Untold Story. She is the daughter of former president Richard Nixon and the wife of David Eisenhower, the grandson of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower. She and David live in suburban Philadelphia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on April 27, 2012

This book is written by Dwight Eisenhower's grandson, David, and his wife, Julie Nixon Eisenhower (Richard Nixon's daughter). I bought this book at Borders Going-Out-Of-Business sale for $1.00. What a great buy it was. Many fascinating things I learned. After JFK was elected President Eisenhower and......more

Goodreads review by Marilyn on February 04, 2017

This was a timely book to read and what life is like after you leave the White House. The much beloved only grandson of Dwight Eisenhower, David tells this wonderful personal tale of how hard it is for someone else to make all those tough decisions and live again outside the spotlight. As I was quit......more

Goodreads review by Eric on May 07, 2024

Sweet reminiscences of a great man......more

Goodreads review by Gary on December 07, 2013

I have read many books about the Presidents (as anyone who looks at my bookshelf can see) and I am always looking for books that don't point me in a specific direction as most of them tend to do. Either the president was an ego-maniac, vastly intelligent, paranoid, flawless, etc. This book doesn't r......more

Goodreads review by Judy on April 21, 2011

An affectionate look at President Dwight Eisenhower after he left the White House in January 1961 and went into retirement at his farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As David Eisenhower notes, former presidents have to carve out their own roles in retirement. The Kennedy administration increasingly tr......more

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